Compatibility is the reason these instructions will never be fixed. AMD implemented correct behavior in the K5 family. It was then reverted to preserve compatibility.
Checking the current pricing on the t-mobile site, the subsidy for a G1 is $270. There is a mandatory $30 a month data plan though. On the even more plus plan, mandatory data is only $25. The difference is actually $15 per month.
A $270 loan for 2 years at $15 a month is a nominal annual rate of 29.3% or an effective annual rate of 33.6%.
Since this is quite possibly worse than what you could get on a credit card, its a pretty shitty deal.
TFA has examples exclusively involving line art and that's pretty much the worst case for standard upscaling techniques. The scaling technique you're been searching for is hqx. Too bad there isn't any way to get it.
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Compatibility is the reason these instructions will never be fixed. AMD implemented correct behavior in the K5 family. It was then reverted to preserve compatibility.
Checking the current pricing on the t-mobile site, the subsidy for a G1 is $270. There is a mandatory $30 a month data plan though. On the even more plus plan, mandatory data is only $25. The difference is actually $15 per month. A $270 loan for 2 years at $15 a month is a nominal annual rate of 29.3% or an effective annual rate of 33.6%. Since this is quite possibly worse than what you could get on a credit card, its a pretty shitty deal.
TFA has examples exclusively involving line art and that's pretty much the worst case for standard upscaling techniques. The scaling technique you're been searching for is hqx. Too bad there isn't any way to get it.