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The Register Finds Fault In Turion Benchmark Setup

Posted by timothy on from the never-promised-not-to-blow-my-nose-on-you dept.

An anonymous reader submits "From The Register, it appears that AMD has joined Intel, ATI, nVidia, and just about every other hardware manufacturer on the planet in benchmark fiddling. The benchmarks for the Turion appear to have been compared using quite different systems - a 35 watt Turion 64 with an ATI GPU versus a 25 watt Pentium M with an Intel integrated graphics processor. Sadly, it appears the original benchmarks were too good to be true."

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  1. *waves his hand* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    AMD is perfect. Nothing to see here. Please move along.

    1. Re:*waves his hand* by PoopJuggler · · Score: 3, Funny

      These are not the benchmarks you are looking for.

    2. Re:*waves his hand* by michaeldot · · Score: 4, Funny

      Jedi mind tricks don't work on me, I'm a Slashdotter.

  2. It all starts with benchmark fiddling. . . by episodic · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soon we will have benchmark woodwinds, benchmark flutes, and worst of all benchmark trumpets. Off course it will come together as all that benchmark jazz. . .

    1. Re:It all starts with benchmark fiddling. . . by mabinogi · · Score: 3, Funny

      actually, we've had benchmark trumpets for years.

      It's only when the benchmarks are nothing to trumpet about that we start to get the fiddling ;)

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    2. Re:It all starts with benchmark fiddling. . . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Fiddle enough with benchmarks, and viola! You get a Slashdot article about you.

    3. Re:It all starts with benchmark fiddling. . . by asliarun · · Score: 4, Funny

      " Soon we will have benchmark woodwinds, benchmark flutes, and worst of all benchmark trumpets. Off course it will come together as all that benchmark jazz. . ."

      Please, we geeks are non-violent people. Where's all this sax and violins coming from?

    4. Re:It all starts with benchmark fiddling. . . by mav[LAG] · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think it must be orchestrated...

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  3. Nice. by Kause · · Score: 3, Funny

    *Hugs his Pentium 4*

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    1. Re:Nice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Careful you don't burn yourself.

  4. Fruit by BongoBen · · Score: 3, Funny

    In other news, I think oranges taste much better than apples.

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  5. Re:Strage Focus by grolschie · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oddly, the register article reads like an opinion piece

    That's because it's a online tabloid. :-)

  6. two things by thatgun · · Score: 4, Funny

    1st, why is AMD naming operating techniques with that 'n' in there (so far as I know, there's cool'n'quiet and thin'n'light)?

    McDonald's has a sandwich called the big'n'tasty. Does this mean that I will soon be able to get my McAthlon with fries (and greasy thermal paste on top)?

    I don't know about you, but I think the future will taste delicious!

    Secondly, (and more seriously) does this question the validity of the performance their other products, such as athlon64? Or have those other lines of products so far been tested true?

    It makes me concerned because I was dumb enough to spend more money than I should've on an athlon64 3400+ (I should've waited until the price dropped. But, I really wanted it!)

    In any case, I still prefer athlons over pentiums.

  7. Re:overestimating the public? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear sir,

    There's no such thing as negative publicity.

    Signed,
    AMD Publicist.

  8. Re:Prevalent by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yeah, I too am sick of those goddamn driver writers making my games run faster. Fuckers.