AMD is competitive at the low and middle end as long as you don't overclock the middle end CPUs. (If you include the price of the motherboard and don't care about overclocking a low- or midrange AMD system will be cheaper.)
AMD don't have as high end CPUs as Intel and the ones which are closest don't overclock as good or use as little power.
Though then I'd say you shouldn't overclock anyway and AMD chipsets have used less power making the two when used in a complete system rather comparable.
Also AMD used to have an advantage in memory bandwidth and when using multiple CPUs.
Information may be slightly outdated but all of it is probably true, Intel may have catched up in memory bandwidth performance with their latest CPUs since they have put the memory controller within the CPU themself to.
... may I also add that the higher clocked DDR2 memories are (mostly?) all out of spec to, while I'd assume atleast some faster DDR3 memories are within specs, probably not the more expensive stuff from Corsair, OCZ and such.
That's bullshit, CL in periods * period length = latency, and since they are clocked higher the latency will probably be around the same, I won't calculate it for you.
And that latency is how long it takes before you actually start to read any bits, but as soon as you have started each bit will come faster from the higher clocked memory.
If you don't get a speed increase it's because either of: 1) Processor not fast enough to take benefit of additional bandwidth. 2) Cache system smart enough to not take benefit of additional bandwidth. 3) Application not using memory in a fashion where it will take benefit of additional bandwidth.
Most likely the later one..
All higher end graphic cards come with faster memory, it may not be a huge deal always but it probably add some benefit, rather stupid if it didn't.
AMD said they would skip DDR2 and go directly to DDR3 earlier because there was no benefit when actually in use but I guess they "had to" when Intel was using DDR2 just because people see the numbers and wonder why one is bigger than the other. Though first AM DDR2 chips vs 939 DDR chips showed no increase in speed in benchmarks.
Anyway, DDR3 is faster than DDR2, will you notice it? I have no idea.
Swedish corporations pays taxes to, obviously, I just don't know the percentages. I really doubt it's cheaper to run a company in Sweden than in the USA though..
Re:The news item is rather subjective though.
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In what way is DRMed WMA better than DRMed AAC?
Because DRMed WMA plays on a lot of devices, DRMed AAC plays on Apples devices only afaik.
So why are you writing "buy a new copy" then, and who cares if you have to update WMP. First version of XP is what, 8 years old? Boho, you need to update a piece of software on it! Omg!
You don't need to buy it, guess what, we don't give a shit, if you don't want it or don't want to play WMA, don't get it. But for most Windows users updating Windows is less of a step than getting iTunes.
But I guess you also want Safari and Quicktime and whatever else crap Apple feels like putting in the iTunes installation bundle? Gotta have those, but updating WMP, no can do sir!
But then again, WMA DRM = Works in Windows PCs without installing additional software, + it also works in almost any music player except an iPod (eventually, I don't know if they only support non-DRMed WMA or not.), with DRMed AAC you're stuck with iPod. So I know which one I'd prefer of these two bad Apples.
It's probably hard to get a bigger catalogue than the biggest name in the business don't you think?
Also I've never bought music online and never signed up for iTunes store, so for me less choices than iTunes wouldn't matter because FREE > PAID.
But yes, I can get more tunes than iTunes has to, and still free, so..
The news item is rather subjective though.
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Yeah, DRM may not be that nice, but it's there in most commercial cases and WMA isn't any worse than DRMed AAC, probably better.
The "omg only 3 million songs! iTunes have twice as many! Apple rule!" line doesn't help either..
Personally I have never heard about it before but I think it's sad one ad supported alternative dies because choice and diversity is a good thing, and some people would probably rather have ads but plenty of music than very little music because they can't afford more.
Whole news item summary sounds like an Apple troll.
Jaja, aber Kartoffelbrei, ich bin mit der Fernsehturm verheiraten. I can fix it for you! Super hero acht klar!
Dieses hax0rs wollen siene gelÃck zu hax0r nicht-unsere aber others netwÃrk getesten. Jemand wollen SS uniformen zugaben before entlich der communist volk probieren sind!
Or well, maybe I leave it to the native germans after all.
As a Swede with 30-50% income tax, 25% VAT,... Ah, never mind:D
But I don't get your point, if your government didn't took any tax on your payroll for a year wouldn't they like run really short of money then? I guess you meant they wasn't needed but..
Wouldn't every city look more or less abandoned within a year with no cleaning and such?:D
I agree, or well, I'm not drunk, but I would write better than that even if I was drunk!
"Study Compares Brain Activity In Games Against Humans and AI"
"The study compares brain patterns in players competing against what they think are other humans against what they think is AI."
"So, the fact that they're busier when a person thinks they're playing another human could also be interpreted as them focusing harder on an identical decision making process."
Maybe it's something all AI people have in common. I failed my AI classes because, well, I never bought the book and I'm lazy, but also because my AI teacher was an italian lady whose english grammar and speech left much to which for. Add the fact that our native language was swedish and so english hearing comprehension may not have been that great + lack of decent study material from the class (OH sheet copies with reminders for her..) + she never wrote anything on the white board at all.
Usually I spent my days on IRC, slept and ate too little and took a nap after listening to her bad english for 5-10 minutes, but it's still that bitch fault!
Also what the fuck do they mean with non-renewable? It's not like they do any radioactive stuff with them is it? So obviously they are "renewable", just recycle whatever you trashed. Sure they may not be easy to come by but that's a totally different story.
Oil = Abundant, non-renewable in a short time perspective. 1 TW solar panels the size of a propeller cap = Rare but would give renewable energy as long as we have the sun close alive and kicking.
Not trying to troll, just accepting the fact that Wii (and consoles in general) probably are most fun for multiplayer games played together with others, and that it would be nice with a console which also did good when it comes to single player games to:
Mii2? Or just Mii?
Though I miss the days of Nintendo Entertainment System + variation, where is NES Ultimate!!?!
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AMD is competitive at the low and middle end as long as you don't overclock the middle end CPUs.
(If you include the price of the motherboard and don't care about overclocking a low- or midrange AMD system will be cheaper.)
AMD don't have as high end CPUs as Intel and the ones which are closest don't overclock as good or use as little power.
Though then I'd say you shouldn't overclock anyway and AMD chipsets have used less power making the two when used in a complete system rather comparable.
Also AMD used to have an advantage in memory bandwidth and when using multiple CPUs.
Information may be slightly outdated but all of it is probably true, Intel may have catched up in memory bandwidth performance with their latest CPUs since they have put the memory controller within the CPU themself to.
... may I also add that the higher clocked DDR2 memories are (mostly?) all out of spec to, while I'd assume atleast some faster DDR3 memories are within specs, probably not the more expensive stuff from Corsair, OCZ and such.
That's bullshit, CL in periods * period length = latency, and since they are clocked higher the latency will probably be around the same, I won't calculate it for you.
And that latency is how long it takes before you actually start to read any bits, but as soon as you have started each bit will come faster from the higher clocked memory.
If you don't get a speed increase it's because either of:
1) Processor not fast enough to take benefit of additional bandwidth.
2) Cache system smart enough to not take benefit of additional bandwidth.
3) Application not using memory in a fashion where it will take benefit of additional bandwidth.
Most likely the later one ..
All higher end graphic cards come with faster memory, it may not be a huge deal always but it probably add some benefit, rather stupid if it didn't.
AMD said they would skip DDR2 and go directly to DDR3 earlier because there was no benefit when actually in use but I guess they "had to" when Intel was using DDR2 just because people see the numbers and wonder why one is bigger than the other.
Though first AM DDR2 chips vs 939 DDR chips showed no increase in speed in benchmarks.
Anyway, DDR3 is faster than DDR2, will you notice it? I have no idea.
Swedish corporations pays taxes to, obviously, I just don't know the percentages. I really doubt it's cheaper to run a company in Sweden than in the USA though ..
In what way is DRMed WMA better than DRMed AAC?
Because DRMed WMA plays on a lot of devices, DRMed AAC plays on Apples devices only afaik.
So why are you writing "buy a new copy" then, and who cares if you have to update WMP. First version of XP is what, 8 years old? Boho, you need to update a piece of software on it! Omg!
You don't need to buy it, guess what, we don't give a shit, if you don't want it or don't want to play WMA, don't get it. But for most Windows users updating Windows is less of a step than getting iTunes.
But I guess you also want Safari and Quicktime and whatever else crap Apple feels like putting in the iTunes installation bundle? Gotta have those, but updating WMP, no can do sir!
This is great news for everyone, because then we don't have to buy shitty macs (I have one, I know, I will never buy any more Apple hardware.)
I apologies for all the mac fanboys who will have to answer this telling me how I'm wrong.
Still you used it so it was probably better than not having it.
Though as I said I have never heard about it before or used their client so.
Because you can't upgrade WMP in XP? Sounds weird ... I call bullshit.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/11/default.aspx
For me the Cowon S9/Archos 5/... would "just work" better, no need for iTunes and no need to convert those DivX clips...
But then again, WMA DRM = Works in Windows PCs without installing additional software, + it also works in almost any music player except an iPod (eventually, I don't know if they only support non-DRMed WMA or not.), with DRMed AAC you're stuck with iPod. So I know which one I'd prefer of these two bad Apples.
It's probably hard to get a bigger catalogue than the biggest name in the business don't you think?
Also I've never bought music online and never signed up for iTunes store, so for me less choices than iTunes wouldn't matter because FREE > PAID.
But yes, I can get more tunes than iTunes has to, and still free, so ..
Yeah, DRM may not be that nice, but it's there in most commercial cases and WMA isn't any worse than DRMed AAC, probably better.
The "omg only 3 million songs! iTunes have twice as many! Apple rule!" line doesn't help either ..
Personally I have never heard about it before but I think it's sad one ad supported alternative dies because choice and diversity is a good thing, and some people would probably rather have ads but plenty of music than very little music because they can't afford more.
Whole news item summary sounds like an Apple troll.
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Jaja, aber Kartoffelbrei, ich bin mit der Fernsehturm verheiraten. I can fix it for you! Super hero acht klar!
Dieses hax0rs wollen siene gelÃck zu hax0r nicht-unsere aber others netwÃrk getesten. Jemand wollen SS uniformen zugaben before entlich der communist volk probieren sind!
Or well, maybe I leave it to the native germans after all.
As a Swede with 30-50% income tax, 25% VAT, ... Ah, never mind :D
But I don't get your point, if your government didn't took any tax on your payroll for a year wouldn't they like run really short of money then? I guess you meant they wasn't needed but ..
Wouldn't every city look more or less abandoned within a year with no cleaning and such? :D
Remind me, what happened with it? There was a story about it not long ago wasn't it?
Please tell us.
http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=3568
http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=1508
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I agree, or well, I'm not drunk, but I would write better than that even if I was drunk!
"Study Compares Brain Activity In Games Against Humans and AI"
"The study compares brain patterns in players competing against what they think are other humans against what they think is AI."
"So, the fact that they're busier when a person thinks they're playing another human could also be interpreted as them focusing harder on an identical decision making process."
Maybe it's something all AI people have in common. I failed my AI classes because, well, I never bought the book and I'm lazy, but also because my AI teacher was an italian lady whose english grammar and speech left much to which for. Add the fact that our native language was swedish and so english hearing comprehension may not have been that great + lack of decent study material from the class (OH sheet copies with reminders for her ..) + she never wrote anything on the white board at all.
Usually I spent my days on IRC, slept and ate too little and took a nap after listening to her bad english for 5-10 minutes, but it's still that bitch fault!
(I've passed it nowadays..)
There are 6+ billion people on the planet, I still run out of a partner. Your logic fail.
Also what the fuck do they mean with non-renewable? It's not like they do any radioactive stuff with them is it? So obviously they are "renewable", just recycle whatever you trashed. Sure they may not be easy to come by but that's a totally different story.
Oil = Abundant, non-renewable in a short time perspective.
1 TW solar panels the size of a propeller cap = Rare but would give renewable energy as long as we have the sun close alive and kicking.
Not trying to troll, just accepting the fact that Wii (and consoles in general) probably are most fun for multiplayer games played together with others, and that it would be nice with a console which also did good when it comes to single player games to:
Mii2? Or just Mii?
Though I miss the days of Nintendo Entertainment System + variation, where is NES Ultimate!!?!
This is true for all consoles but eventually he meant without all the crap and the multi-platform titles.
TL:DR.
But: It's Blu-ray.
So what? Stop competing, make music and sing because you like it, get the music for the same reason, if you can make money from it to, good for you.
If I made music I would want it to sound whatever way I liked, if that was cheating or not what others wanted I wouldn't give much care for that.
You got a point regarding looks though, I know what I expect in peoples look :D