They don't have to track anything. Try reading/proc/cpuinfo on a linux box some time. The CPU tells you exactly what it does and doesn't support. Phenom II's support SSE4a (a smaller set containing some of the same things you find on sse4.1 from Intel.) SSE5 is actually being developed by AMD, not Intel, and will put the advantage of total instructions back to AMD.
As a whole this argument is focused incorrectly. Intel isn't primarily harming AMD, they're harming AMD and Intel customers; AMD customers because their processors with technology licensed from Intel don't perform according to spec, Intel customers because they have to pay more for the same technology. This is the real reason that an out of court settlement isn't enough, the FTC is doing the right thing by pursuing consumers rights.
XP came out August 2001. 2 years was much too long to wait while using Windows ME.
The age of the system doesn't really matter. By now your average malware writer knows XP inside and out, I've seen virii (I don't care if it's supposed to be viruses) recently with features as advanced as real-time process infection.
More likely they'll just be plugged in when folks are home for the evening, increasing the demand for the "entertainment" hours. Drive it to the work parking lot/garage the next day so it can sit in the sun while businesses are using peak power.
The treaty of Versailles led to World War II, along with general political unrest that had to come after the conclusion to WW I. You can't just make up history when the real thing conflicts with your world view.
That doesn't mean the refresh rate is acceptable. Pentium II systems still running today will likely have 2+ hard drive failures in their history and at some point buying the proprietary scsi-II drives becomes price prohibitive - if you can even find a replacement.
I don't know exactly the point the GP was trying to make, but it sounds like adding batteries to a system would be either an eco-terrorist concern or a maintenance concern depending on the refresh cycle.
The 10MB of "VRAM" you refer to on the xbox 360 is actually called eDRAM, and is more similar to the cache memory found in CPUs than video memory. It's often not even used, but reportedly can reduce the hit when anti-aliasing to nearly nothing. The main difference between the 360 and the ps3 in terms of memory is that the 360 GPU serves as a memory controller. Since this is the case developers can use up to about 480mb as either system memory or graphics memory - as they decide, instead of being limited to only 256mb ram, and 256mb vram on the ps3.
Your own references contradict your comparisons in memory performance. While the xbox 360 post claims 21.6GB/s FSB, the official ps3 specs allow only 20GB/s / 15GB/s for memory performance to the RSX. With a margin of only 3.4GB/s XDR hardly "DESTROYS" the ddr3 either... especially if the latency is considerably higher, the main weapon in the RAMBUS arsenal is raising clock speed with latency.
Using GTA IV as an example proves a point against a lot of folks trying to use a single game to determine which console can provide a superior experience. Rockstar has never been concerned with having high quality graphics; while #4 was certainly a step in the right direction rockstar simply doesn't understand how to make a proper 3d engine.
Both the PS3 and the xbox 360 are locked down. Let me know when you can run backups of your chipped blu-ray discs. I'll be running linux on my 360 whenever I complete the JTAG hack and read the NAND. http://www.free60.org/ is a great resource for some the "homebrew" hacks, you should check into it.
The power required to go through boot-time checks and massive hard drive use is almost always greater than power used in standby over a typical computer-off period. Stop pretending to be an eco-terrorist and admit that you're just shutting your computer off because you're afraid of teh viruses.
What you say is true, but it's likely that someone who did that would be charged with intent to kill the president. At least in theory you could say you were going to kill the president as a joke.
If you really want to send a message, vote for a "third-party" candidate. Nothing says "We're tired of the corporate shills" like 20% of the public voting for somebody else. There isn't a "no vote" statistic, so when you vote for nobody it just makes the statistics look lower for turn out. The reality is that with 10+ candidates on the ballot, and only 2 of the parties with major influence there's a high chance that ONE of those candidates met with your political views. You were just too lazy to do the research.
When was the last time you saw a "Don't blame me, I voted for NOBODY" bumper sticker? When you think about it, it's just too stupid to brag about.
Unreal Tournament may not have invented the head shot, but it did invent the neck shot. Sadly the ripper was dropped after the first game in the series. An unwieldy weapon that was just fun to use.
Linux has excellent hardware support built in to the kernel. Better than windows. The problem is vendors often don't include any linux drivers with their hardware, and if they do they're often binary-only. Try installing windows XP on a new computer, good luck counting the number of system devices without drivers on 1 hand.
You have a fair point, but I don't think on-ramps would solve anything. Curved, banked and often lined with trees means that a on-ramp would be practically impossible to land on. Merging lanes are abused even more than average lanes when it comes to incorrect changes, and the average driver merges into an interstate highway at around 50mph in my parts. Even the most experienced pilots today land on synchronized straight runways. We can't expect rich amateurs to do more than trained skilled professionals.
I think we can agree that with enough time and with the upgrades of roads flying hybrids could be achieved. With the current system the only way you could work a hybrid is by vertical landing/takeoff. Possible, but also expensive.
The problem is that landing requires synchronization of space, speed, and flap direction. If something cuts into your space, you need to change speed, which may require adjusting flaps to avoid a premature landing. If we were to imagine that the highway was a single lane in a single direction the process of landing would require 3x as many variables. Multi-lane highways involve lane changes (both legal and illegal), and while flying vehicles would alleviate congestion, I don't know if the current situation allows for any more chaos without a drastic increase in problems.
Legitimacy of the patents aside, I wonder why an Ethernet technology suit would be leveled against companies that do little more than assemble circuit boards.
In vista all you needed was an OEM certificate, and the matching BIOS to be exempt from activation. I don't know if Microsoft has closed that loophole with windows 7, but I haven't heard any OEM's whining so I'd assume they haven't.
Copyright, and copy protections (through the introduction of the DMCA) are protected under US law. In other regions there are similar laws, although in many regions copy protections are not protected.
Intellectual property on the other hand is in no way protected under law. It is a wholly imaginary designation made up by content owners (corporations who were never supposed to be able to register copyrights or patents.)
Even if Nvidia did own intellectual property pertaining to PhysX, that would not limit an individual's right to do whatever they want with their own computer. In no way does the modification of a driver package to make it more useful infringe on rights (imaginary or real) held by the creator of the driver package.
Your last incorrect comment "no legitimate reason why an ATI user should expect to make use of PhysX." is probably why you were flagged as a troll. I'll let you explain why you feel that way, and how you could come to that ignorant stupid conclusion.
AIDS(the S is for syndrome, it's not a plurality) is only unique due to it's spread (as HIV) in bodily fluids. How does this make it's spread different?
It could be argued that there are no individuals who are immune to HIV. The number of cases of HIV are centered around Africa, and there aren't enough cases for ruling out the possibility of immunity. Either way, one could consider proper education a form of immunity.
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3. Realize that you're still making bucketloads of money due to the overpriced nature of cellular and broadband services in general and stop whining.
They don't have to track anything. Try reading /proc/cpuinfo on a linux box some time. The CPU tells you exactly what it does and doesn't support. Phenom II's support SSE4a (a smaller set containing some of the same things you find on sse4.1 from Intel.) SSE5 is actually being developed by AMD, not Intel, and will put the advantage of total instructions back to AMD.
As a whole this argument is focused incorrectly. Intel isn't primarily harming AMD, they're harming AMD and Intel customers; AMD customers because their processors with technology licensed from Intel don't perform according to spec, Intel customers because they have to pay more for the same technology. This is the real reason that an out of court settlement isn't enough, the FTC is doing the right thing by pursuing consumers rights.
XP came out August 2001. 2 years was much too long to wait while using Windows ME.
The age of the system doesn't really matter. By now your average malware writer knows XP inside and out, I've seen virii (I don't care if it's supposed to be viruses) recently with features as advanced as real-time process infection.
More likely they'll just be plugged in when folks are home for the evening, increasing the demand for the "entertainment" hours. Drive it to the work parking lot/garage the next day so it can sit in the sun while businesses are using peak power.
To be fair capacitors on all boards were bad during that era.
The treaty of Versailles led to World War II, along with general political unrest that had to come after the conclusion to WW I. You can't just make up history when the real thing conflicts with your world view.
You must have a 300Mb/s link because Microsoft is consistently below 50% of my connection speed, and usually around 30%.
That doesn't mean the refresh rate is acceptable. Pentium II systems still running today will likely have 2+ hard drive failures in their history and at some point buying the proprietary scsi-II drives becomes price prohibitive - if you can even find a replacement.
I don't know exactly the point the GP was trying to make, but it sounds like adding batteries to a system would be either an eco-terrorist concern or a maintenance concern depending on the refresh cycle.
The 10MB of "VRAM" you refer to on the xbox 360 is actually called eDRAM, and is more similar to the cache memory found in CPUs than video memory. It's often not even used, but reportedly can reduce the hit when anti-aliasing to nearly nothing. The main difference between the 360 and the ps3 in terms of memory is that the 360 GPU serves as a memory controller. Since this is the case developers can use up to about 480mb as either system memory or graphics memory - as they decide, instead of being limited to only 256mb ram, and 256mb vram on the ps3.
Your own references contradict your comparisons in memory performance. While the xbox 360 post claims 21.6GB/s FSB, the official ps3 specs allow only 20GB/s / 15GB/s for memory performance to the RSX. With a margin of only 3.4GB/s XDR hardly "DESTROYS" the ddr3 either... especially if the latency is considerably higher, the main weapon in the RAMBUS arsenal is raising clock speed with latency.
Using GTA IV as an example proves a point against a lot of folks trying to use a single game to determine which console can provide a superior experience. Rockstar has never been concerned with having high quality graphics; while #4 was certainly a step in the right direction rockstar simply doesn't understand how to make a proper 3d engine.
Both the PS3 and the xbox 360 are locked down. Let me know when you can run backups of your chipped blu-ray discs. I'll be running linux on my 360 whenever I complete the JTAG hack and read the NAND. http://www.free60.org/ is a great resource for some the "homebrew" hacks, you should check into it.
The power required to go through boot-time checks and massive hard drive use is almost always greater than power used in standby over a typical computer-off period. Stop pretending to be an eco-terrorist and admit that you're just shutting your computer off because you're afraid of teh viruses.
What you say is true, but it's likely that someone who did that would be charged with intent to kill the president. At least in theory you could say you were going to kill the president as a joke.
If you really want to send a message, vote for a "third-party" candidate. Nothing says "We're tired of the corporate shills" like 20% of the public voting for somebody else. There isn't a "no vote" statistic, so when you vote for nobody it just makes the statistics look lower for turn out. The reality is that with 10+ candidates on the ballot, and only 2 of the parties with major influence there's a high chance that ONE of those candidates met with your political views. You were just too lazy to do the research.
When was the last time you saw a "Don't blame me, I voted for NOBODY" bumper sticker? When you think about it, it's just too stupid to brag about.
Hahahahahaha, wow. You just put "high end" and Itanium in the same sentence.
Unreal Tournament may not have invented the head shot, but it did invent the neck shot. Sadly the ripper was dropped after the first game in the series. An unwieldy weapon that was just fun to use.
Because that approach works so well for those who buy motorcycles.
Linux has excellent hardware support built in to the kernel. Better than windows. The problem is vendors often don't include any linux drivers with their hardware, and if they do they're often binary-only. Try installing windows XP on a new computer, good luck counting the number of system devices without drivers on 1 hand.
You have a fair point, but I don't think on-ramps would solve anything. Curved, banked and often lined with trees means that a on-ramp would be practically impossible to land on. Merging lanes are abused even more than average lanes when it comes to incorrect changes, and the average driver merges into an interstate highway at around 50mph in my parts. Even the most experienced pilots today land on synchronized straight runways. We can't expect rich amateurs to do more than trained skilled professionals.
I think we can agree that with enough time and with the upgrades of roads flying hybrids could be achieved. With the current system the only way you could work a hybrid is by vertical landing/takeoff. Possible, but also expensive.
The problem is that landing requires synchronization of space, speed, and flap direction. If something cuts into your space, you need to change speed, which may require adjusting flaps to avoid a premature landing. If we were to imagine that the highway was a single lane in a single direction the process of landing would require 3x as many variables. Multi-lane highways involve lane changes (both legal and illegal), and while flying vehicles would alleviate congestion, I don't know if the current situation allows for any more chaos without a drastic increase in problems.
Legitimacy of the patents aside, I wonder why an Ethernet technology suit would be leveled against companies that do little more than assemble circuit boards.
It is possible as long as you have control of both endpoints. The routing book is probably still a good idea.
In vista all you needed was an OEM certificate, and the matching BIOS to be exempt from activation. I don't know if Microsoft has closed that loophole with windows 7, but I haven't heard any OEM's whining so I'd assume they haven't.
Copyright, and copy protections (through the introduction of the DMCA) are protected under US law. In other regions there are similar laws, although in many regions copy protections are not protected.
Intellectual property on the other hand is in no way protected under law. It is a wholly imaginary designation made up by content owners (corporations who were never supposed to be able to register copyrights or patents.)
Even if Nvidia did own intellectual property pertaining to PhysX, that would not limit an individual's right to do whatever they want with their own computer. In no way does the modification of a driver package to make it more useful infringe on rights (imaginary or real) held by the creator of the driver package.
Your last incorrect comment "no legitimate reason why an ATI user should expect to make use of PhysX." is probably why you were flagged as a troll. I'll let you explain why you feel that way, and how you could come to that ignorant stupid conclusion.
Funny, I didn't realize that intel made the 6-core opteron.
Seems pretty simple to me, just don't buy intel.
AIDS(the S is for syndrome, it's not a plurality) is only unique due to it's spread (as HIV) in bodily fluids. How does this make it's spread different?
It could be argued that there are no individuals who are immune to HIV. The number of cases of HIV are centered around Africa, and there aren't enough cases for ruling out the possibility of immunity. Either way, one could consider proper education a form of immunity.