* Re: [gentoo-user] ~gcc-4.7.0
@ 2012-05-29 16:18 99% ` Volker Armin Hemmann
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From: Volker Armin Hemmann @ 2012-05-29 16:18 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-user; +Cc: Michael Mol
Am Dienstag, 29. Mai 2012, 08:58:52 schrieb Michael Mol:
> On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 4:30 AM, microcai <microcai@fedoraproject.org>
wrote:
> > 2012/5/29 Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
>
> [snip]
>
> >> I'm mostly looking forward to Bulldozer support and RDRAND.
> >
> > LOL I thought no one buys it
>
> The average decent-quality AMD-supporting motherboard that supports
> the level of contemporary features I want costs 100-130 USD, and I
> generally go for a CPU in the range of $150-$180. So that's a total
> ticket price of about $250-$310 USD. I've been using AMD machines in
> my home for five or six years, now; generally, when one box gets
> upgraded, parts of it (especially the CPU) get put into a different
> box to upgrade that. That hasn't been possible on Intel.
>
> An Intel-supporting motherboard with the level of contemporary
> features I want becomes my first hurdle. Just for the base set of
> features I'd want (6 current-speed SATA ports, max "supported" RAM of
> 32GB, LGA1155), I'm looking at $230 and up. For a processor?
> $200-$320. And I'd want an i7, not an i5, so we're talking upper
> range.
>
> Yes, the early Bulldozers don't measure up to the Phenom II, but
> amdfam10 is going away, and Bulldozer will get past that mark. Rather
> similar how Intel's early NetBurst cores didn't manage to beat Pentium
> IIIs, but later ones did. (Yeah, NetBurst eventually bit the dust,
> and for good reason. I have to think, though, that a lot of what Intel
> learned with NetBurst went into preparing them for Sandy Bridge's
> incredible overclocking range.)
>
> So, yeah, while I'd love a performance-grade Intel desktop box, it's
> going to be hard to justify the price ticket. Even if I don't manage
> to get an IvyBridge desktop box, I do want to get my hands on an
> IvyBridge i3 motherboard; that RDRAND instruction is going to be sweet
> in a network gateway machine, and the power consumption deliciously
> low.
and maybe buying intel is not a good idea at all:
http://semiaccurate.com/2012/05/15/intel-small-business-advantage-is-a-
security-nightmare/
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