Indeed. I've replaced my fair share of thoroughly disgusting power supplies from smoker's homes in my time. PCs do seem to make for decent air filters though... :)
That's true. All but a handful specialized Linux distros have dropped support for 386 and 486 CPUs. Maintaining such support is likely not time well spent for anyone.
The crux is that it's a little different to say, "this OS doesn't support that hardware" than it is to say, "this hardware only...
Pretty much. All the world really needs from Zen is for it to not suck as badly as Bulldozer sucked.
Clock for clock, a "construction core" is anywhere from 40-60% worse than an "i-Core", which significant to the point where it can actually be noticed in day to day use, let alone high-end...
As a primary Linux user, who intends to upgrade in 2018 - 2019, I hope that I'll be able to buy something that doesn't lock out non-Windows 10 operating systems... I'm kind of leaning toward moving away from the desktop and into a laptop, but I fear the crappy UEFIs that laptops often come with...
Prices for those start at $139 CND.
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100007708%20600487565
Even the R7-240 DDR3 start at $80, which really makes the case of, "hey, why not spend $99 on an A8-7500 APU instead, because it comes with a 4 core CPU built into...
*sigh* Get that head outside of the box, son! :)
There's no real need for dedicated GPUs these days, technology wise. We simply need them, because no one makes a truly awesome combination of CPU/GPU outside of the mobile market. In the mobile "system on a chip" market, there are some really...
I'm looking forward to seeing what AMD make using Zen. If its CPU performance is +/-10% of current Intel CPUs, that's perfectly fine in my books. It's not like Intel is pumping out new CPUs that are significantly faster or otherwise more improved than their current ones any way.
I think the...
Yeah... as a long time computer enthusiast (and an Anandtech reader since 2001 or so), this... APUs not living up to their potential thing something that really bugs me! lol... Obviously Bulldozer was a mistake and we'd likely have been better off with a new generation of Stars based APUs, but...
I agree with you 100% here.
However, I would never sell someone a PC based on its over-clocked performance. If they buy a PC and later ask me to help them over-clock it, sure no problem, but I would never sell them an over-clocked PC or even talk about over-clocking when selling them a PC...
It's just sad that a $100 AMD APU still beats a $400 Intel i7 (and every other cheaper Intel CPU) in graphics performance. It's especially annoying considering the reality that the AMD APUs pull off this feat with exactly 0MB of L3 cache. It's just insanity that Intel's graphics solution...
I've been considering replacing the o'l Inspiron 1501 lappy with something that is light, not hot/loud and won't need to ne plugged in all the time. For browsing, a Celeron based Chromebook looks good on paper, but I am curious about how practical it is for other stuff.
I'm an old timey...
If you get the 8320, turn off Turbo, APM, and C6 state to prevent it from down clocking or changing speed at all. I hae my normal 8320 at a modest 4.0GHz all the time and it smoother than when I tried it at 4.4 turbo, 4.0 normal. Leaving C6 state and turbo on makes it like hanging out at 3.7GHz...
Great deal on the cpu, guachi! Despite the complaints, an FX can do a whole lot really well and for cheap.
I upgraded my Q8200 system to an FX-8320 in 2013 and still love the heck out of it. I primarily program in linux and run multiple virtualbox vms, which the system handle with ease. With...
I have used Linux as my main desktop OS for many years now. I use Win7 to play games like Guild Wars 2 though.
I upgraded from a Core2 Q8200 @ 2.8GHz / 8GB DDR2 800MHz RAM on an Asus P5K-VM motherboard to an AMD FX-8320 @ 4GHz / 8GB DDR3 2133MHz on an Asus M5A97 R2.0 motherboard back in late...
This is the type of balanced logic that seems to be lost on many. Thanks for posting it.
Consider this, a person who wanted to run a 64bit virtualized OS for development (such as the SWGEmu dev environment) could buy a $42 FM1 APU with 4gb of ram and a cheap motherboard. That's about $125 on...
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