Great chips? AMD hasn't have a truely great chip since the AthlonXP and maybe the Phenom 2. And even then, their Intel counterparts gave them a beating.
Um, it doesn't use Bluetooth at all. Smartglass does use Wifi. You'd have known that if you went to doublecheck the permissions the app is asking for. Not to mention the 360 doesn't have Bluetooth in any of its various configurations.
Yeah, it gets more efficient at the cost of performance. But why settle for a chip that you need to downclock for efficiency (AMD Opteron) when you can just get a more powerful AND more efficient CPU (Intel Xeon) from the beginning?
Are you high? Ivy Bridge is more power efficient than Piledriver by a significant margin. This has been the case even before Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer. Xeon is used more often than Opteron, face it. Xeon has better performance and power efficiency, which is key when installing hardware for a data center.
You are aware that ATI doesn't exist anymore, right? It's AMD now, and the only thing that's keeping that company afloat are GPUs. Now if only AMD cards could handle MSAA worth a damn, then I'd be more interested.
You're on Linux, GPU drivers sucking shit regardless of high-end GPU vendor shouldn't be a surprise. Both AMD and nVidia's drivers suck under Linux. Under Windows however, nVidia's have been consistently stable.
The joke is that, much like Minmatar buckets of dust tape and rust, my signature didn't hold together. Similar in fashion to what a Minmatar captain would say seconds before his ship is destroyed. 'Come on, hold together old girl. Just hol-'
I'm very much aware that I'm a consumer. What separates me from 80% of consumers is the fact I research instead of buying blindly. Which is what Apple is counting on from most of their customers.
You are aware that Apple's switched 99% of their products over to IPS, right? So yes, all it means is a high PPI IPS panel. But at least I know now to look at Samsung the next time I'm looking for a 27 inch display and pass over the 'Cinema' Display.
But you don't see them being very forward with it to their customers as most companies are or have that info in their marketing. It's up to the consumer to find it, and as we all know, the consumer is stupid in general.
Not to me, because I'd rather know what I'm buying than buying into marketing jargon. People that buy Apple, I wouldn't call most of them the the sharpest blades in the butcher's block
'Retina Display' is just one of Apple's bullshit marketing terms. Little more than a handy way to convey that they're using higher PPI IPS panels, because the average consumer knows nothing about what PPI or IPS happens to be. It's not a standard.
Keep in mind Valve does revise the rendering software of the Source Engine. While the bare minimums may be the same, to get to the high end of what Portal 2 can show compared to the high end of Half-Life 2 or Team Fortress 2 requires better hardware.
At least you, unlike a few commentors in this specific thread get it. There will always be a need for a discrete GPU, since IGPs can't to much before their limits are hit. Running the Windows GUI and H.264 decoding are in-line with their designs. Encoding H.264 however, I wish they were better at it.
No, it really isn't. Most gamers run at 1920x1080, with the runner-up being 1366x768. Intel IGPs barely run Unreal Engine 3 games above Low/1366x768 at a decent framerate, much less Medium or High at the same resolution.
The day when an Intel IGP is able to play a newly released game at 1920x1080 at 60FPS at Medium or High settings is when the dedicated GPU is obsolete. That day isn't going to be coming for an extremely long time. Moreso since newer more powerful GPUs are coming out yearly.
Compared to a GTX560+/650+ or HD5770+/6750+/7000+, they're not. The only good thing about the Ivy Bridge IGPs is it means you don't need dedicated video for HTPCs. You'll still need dedicated graphics for gaming. Keep in mind, there are a few games out now that make a GTX460 the minimum to play. Playing these new games at their lowest settings and 25FPS isn't exactly fun.
Intel IGPs won't ever be fit for gaming, so dedicated GPUs are always going to be around. If all you need is day to day surfing/productivity, having a dedicated GPU is pointless.
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Great chips? AMD hasn't have a truely great chip since the AthlonXP and maybe the Phenom 2. And even then, their Intel counterparts gave them a beating.
Um, it doesn't use Bluetooth at all. Smartglass does use Wifi. You'd have known that if you went to doublecheck the permissions the app is asking for. Not to mention the 360 doesn't have Bluetooth in any of its various configurations.
Yeah, it gets more efficient at the cost of performance. But why settle for a chip that you need to downclock for efficiency (AMD Opteron) when you can just get a more powerful AND more efficient CPU (Intel Xeon) from the beginning?
Are you high? Ivy Bridge is more power efficient than Piledriver by a significant margin. This has been the case even before Ivy Bridge and Bulldozer. Xeon is used more often than Opteron, face it. Xeon has better performance and power efficiency, which is key when installing hardware for a data center.
You are aware that ATI doesn't exist anymore, right? It's AMD now, and the only thing that's keeping that company afloat are GPUs. Now if only AMD cards could handle MSAA worth a damn, then I'd be more interested.
You're on Linux, GPU drivers sucking shit regardless of high-end GPU vendor shouldn't be a surprise. Both AMD and nVidia's drivers suck under Linux. Under Windows however, nVidia's have been consistently stable.
Nobody's running KDE because half the time it's a piece of crap. Most of the time, it's either Gnome or Xfce.
Perhaps because Firefox and the Gecko engine as a whole is spawned from Netscape Navigator? Oh wait! It is.
I guess that's why AMD is dying.
The joke is that, much like Minmatar buckets of dust tape and rust, my signature didn't hold together. Similar in fashion to what a Minmatar captain would say seconds before his ship is destroyed. 'Come on, hold together old girl. Just hol-'
I'm very much aware that I'm a consumer. What separates me from 80% of consumers is the fact I research instead of buying blindly. Which is what Apple is counting on from most of their customers.
Obviously, you've never played EvE Online. If so, you may have actually gotten the joke.
You are aware that Apple's switched 99% of their products over to IPS, right? So yes, all it means is a high PPI IPS panel. But at least I know now to look at Samsung the next time I'm looking for a 27 inch display and pass over the 'Cinema' Display.
But you don't see them being very forward with it to their customers as most companies are or have that info in their marketing. It's up to the consumer to find it, and as we all know, the consumer is stupid in general.
Not to me, because I'd rather know what I'm buying than buying into marketing jargon. People that buy Apple, I wouldn't call most of them the the sharpest blades in the butcher's block
'Retina Display' is just one of Apple's bullshit marketing terms. Little more than a handy way to convey that they're using higher PPI IPS panels, because the average consumer knows nothing about what PPI or IPS happens to be. It's not a standard.
The AC seems to have found one. If it's true, I might actually be impressed!
Must not have been a programmer for very long or you were with a company that didn't treat you like a slave.
Keep in mind Valve does revise the rendering software of the Source Engine. While the bare minimums may be the same, to get to the high end of what Portal 2 can show compared to the high end of Half-Life 2 or Team Fortress 2 requires better hardware.
At least you, unlike a few commentors in this specific thread get it. There will always be a need for a discrete GPU, since IGPs can't to much before their limits are hit. Running the Windows GUI and H.264 decoding are in-line with their designs. Encoding H.264 however, I wish they were better at it.
No, it really isn't. Most gamers run at 1920x1080, with the runner-up being 1366x768. Intel IGPs barely run Unreal Engine 3 games above Low/1366x768 at a decent framerate, much less Medium or High at the same resolution.
The day when an Intel IGP is able to play a newly released game at 1920x1080 at 60FPS at Medium or High settings is when the dedicated GPU is obsolete. That day isn't going to be coming for an extremely long time. Moreso since newer more powerful GPUs are coming out yearly.
Sorry to say, he's right. Even the 9800GTX+, released 4 years ago, wipes the floor with the Intel HD 4000. http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/gpu.php?gpu=Intel+HD+4000 http://community.futuremark.com/hardware/gpu/Intel+HD+Graphics+4000/benchmarks The HD 4000 from Intel is great, if you don't plan on gaming in any serious manner.
Compared to a GTX560+/650+ or HD5770+/6750+/7000+, they're not. The only good thing about the Ivy Bridge IGPs is it means you don't need dedicated video for HTPCs. You'll still need dedicated graphics for gaming. Keep in mind, there are a few games out now that make a GTX460 the minimum to play. Playing these new games at their lowest settings and 25FPS isn't exactly fun.
Intel IGPs won't ever be fit for gaming, so dedicated GPUs are always going to be around. If all you need is day to day surfing/productivity, having a dedicated GPU is pointless.