Re: [gentoo-user] AMD vs. Intel on Gentoo?

[Florian Philipp <lists@f_philipp.fastmail.net>]

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On Sat, 2008-03-22 at 18:44 +0100, Norman Rieß wrote:
> Grant schrieb:
> > I had become an AMD guy, but I think I'm hearing that Intel is beating
> > AMD in performance tests.  Plus my AMD64 X2 desktop should be much
> > faster than my Intel laptop but is actually slower.  What do you guys
> > think?
> >
> > - Grant
> >   
> Well the experience of a desktop or an application depends on more than 
> just the processor. Nearly every part of a computer does its part. And 
> then you have the software, what software you use, how it is build, what 
> reqirements this software has on other software and hardware and so on. 
> Does it uses the FPU or is it heavy on the ALU. How much IO is used and 
> how much can the system provide.
> But if you believe the average hardwaremagazine, intel is a step ahead 
> right now.
> 
> Norman

When Intel finally implements HyperTransport (I think it's planned for
the next generation), AMD will loose their last bastion performance
wise ... what a pity.

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