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theraindog writes "The number of different CPU models available from AMD and Intel is daunting to say the least. The Tech Report's latest CPU review makes some sense of the landscape, exploring the performance and power consumption characteristics of more than two dozen desktop processors between the $999 Core i7-975 and more affordable sub-$100 chips. The article also highlights the value proposition offered by each CPU on its own and as a part of the total cost of a system. The resulting scatter plots nicely illustrate which CPUs deliver the best performance per dollar."
tl;dr Also, WTF is a "vicegerent"?
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yup, just like cars (Once upon a time, you could spend 36k USD for a pt cruiser), houses, internet subscriptions, insurance, meat, items on ebay, and just about anything that has a varied price range and is subject to advertising, brand loyalty, or outright cons.
I've always tended to get right behind the cutting edge, processors usually take a dive in price and speed, Like when i bought my processor, i paid 300 for a quad core intel last summer, the next step up was 395, then 600, then 1000, but the 1000 wasn't 3.3x faster, the 600 wasn't 2x faster, etc. However, the $150 intel chip was 40% slower, so the price/performance sort of follows a log function where the trick is finding the right place before the price starts to skyrocket in relation to performance. I'm sure that if you could find a bunch of old pentium 1 processors on the super cheap, in bulk, you might get the same price/performance as a new mid-level intel chip, but why would you want to run a beowulf cluster to get the same throughput? (Ignoring the price of all of the other components, since the article is price/cost of the cpu alone, that was the metric i went by as well).
I wonder what the price/performance ratio of a pentium 1 that cost $0.01 is.
Well, I suppose that running a beowulf cluster is it's own reward.
Is it sad that I am more likely to recognize you and your posts by your sig than your name or UID?
It does if you want to turn.
Or if you want to not look like a redneck.
Go green: turn off your refrigerator.
Apparently, the tech report should have benchmarked their web server before putting this article up.
With vista ? There must not be much money left for the hardware!
Wait until your kid is 3d rendering in Maya and you will be screaming for 8 core Xeons.
easy, people click, then get scared of all the words, and run away. But they still access the page.
Canada: The US's more awesome sibling.
Rednecks don't drive cars that cost more than 100K USD.
True, but some of us do have 100K lawn ornaments!