From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jd8Yw-0002P8-8x for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:26 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 90638E0822; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6507FE0822 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFC2366AF9 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:23 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.003 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.003 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.818, BAYES_40=-0.185] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id kKJPU8cilKja for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 257E66749C for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Jd8Ye-0003NK-7G for gentoo-user@gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:08 +0000 Received: from www.buffer.net ([24.73.161.102]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:08 +0000 Received: from wireless by www.buffer.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:08 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: James Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: AMD vs. Intel on Gentoo? Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:34:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <49bf44f10803221007v27627160xa0b0daadc4bcc0ff@mail.gmail.com> <47E54579.6060202@smash-net.org> <1206208709.30987.9.camel@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ> <49bf44f10803221109p4593731w1ed0830194141a16@mail.gmail.com> <47E54C40.7000708@smash-net.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 24.73.161.102 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686 (x86_64); en-US; rv:1.8.1.12) Gecko/20080201 SeaMonkey/1.1.8) Sender: news Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Archives-Salt: e872ab67-08ae-4f90-8128-a220e54b39c4 X-Archives-Hash: 9ee150c58a2160290b487f751ce4026e Norman Rie=C3=9F smash-net.org> writes: > > It is a pity. When did AMD's overall advantage disappear? > With the arrival of the Core CPU's. When/if AMD is able to complete their new architecture, integrating video processors with 64 bit processors they might become competitive on a cost/performance basis. Certainly with AMD open sourcing new video driver development, they still have a v very strong appeal to open source= s users. HIGH end technical clusters and the processors they use are differ= ent needs than the average small business or consumer, which needs robust sup= port for open source video and applications. If everyone runs to Intel, we'll all be *very sorry* in a few years......= . The ultimate questions is do you really make a purchase decision base str= ictly on extreme benchmark results, or do you stand by your vendor, as they reg= roup and keep things competitive? Remember Intel has been just as evil as Redm= ond particular in matters related to DeCSS and video on computer issues, IMHO= . AMD is my soul_mate....(particularly since they are open sourcing new ATI video drivers...) James --=20 gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list