Sure its a prototype and perhaps we may notice some difference with OEM systems but the silicon is final (NOT and ES), bios and drivers could be updated but don't expect more than -/+ 15% difference in anything. It doesn't matter where AMD aims their chips if market conditions change (just like with the release of the 770 nvidia is forcing amd to drop the price of the 7970 ghz). If the market supplies the consumer with plenty of comparable i3 ULV ivy systems for the same price as an A4 kabini that that's what kabini is competing with.
No your calculations were completely flawed. You must look at complete numbers to compare raw efficiency.
Skyrim is not optimized for intel graphics at all (and note the difference between optimized and highly single threaded).
Pretty much where you would expect it (BF3, WOW performed better relative to trinity compare to skyrim).
I'm picking 1280 x 720 for a reason (its the closest to native res of the systems these chips will ship it).
You can find the game listed still here (at least today)alt="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*" title="The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*"
Too bad Apple and Club 3D don't believe in AMD's CPU's. :awe:
I want to believe in AMD.
don't.
they overheat badly. And soon you'll be on newegg looking for cpu coolers.trust me. I used a FX 4100 once and it sucked. :thumbsdown:
Why would not you wait expect more than 15% difference from drivers?
They tested a prototype. There was no market. It is nice that they compare kabini A4 to both Pentium and i3 for the sake of completeness, but I will be comparing the A4 to Pentium and the A6 to the i3.
Skyrim is/was one of the games listed in the "optimized for intel" site
http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/gaming/overclocking/games-optimized-for-intel.html
The game is not listed now explicitly, but if you look to the source code you still can find:
You can find the game listed still here (at least today)
http://www.intel.com.au/content/www...hd-graphics/hd-graphics-consumer-general.html
It is typical of some reviews to select games optimized for intel in AMD vs intel comparisons.
Apple was already exploring ways to abandon Intel chips. After Hasfail I wait Apple to accelerate the process.
Apple was already exploring ways to abandon Intel chips. After Hasfail I wait Apple to accelerate the process.
The first link uses "Geekbench 2.4.2" on Android 4.2.1. The second link uses "Geekbench 2.4.3 Tryout" on Windows 8 Enterprise. You cannot compare scores using two versions. Moreover, Android is a much more lightweight operative system.
Can you give a link to your "1/3 of the power consumption"?
You're right. My mistake.
nVidia's Shield gets 4450 points with 2.4.3.
Besides, it was a perfect improvement for Apple. The low power parts got even lower power, and the IGP massively improved. So what if the enthusiast desktop part wasn't great? Apple doesn't care about that.
Let's see AMD Q3 numbers. They will give a nice picture of Haswell impact on AMD market share.
I doubt it will make that much difference, frankly. Intel was already completely dominating AMD in the markets where Haswell helps most- high end, high margin ultraportable devices. AMD's market share is mostly propped up by cheap laptops based on Brazos, which just got a very nice refresh in the form of Jaguar. It's Valleyview/Silvermont which is more likely to impact AMD's market share.
Let's see AMD Q3 numbers. They will give a nice picture of Haswell impact on AMD market share.
Apple has moved from Nvidia to AMD. This is a first win move.
Apple was already exploring ways to abandon Intel chips. After Hasfail I wait Apple to accelerate the process.
You're right. My mistake.
nVidia's Shield gets 4450 points with 2.4.3.
Still an apples to oranges comparison.
What? 5W is 1/3 of 15W...Finally you don't have any link to your one third of the power consumption, true?
And since when do you care about "apples to apples"?
What? 5W is 1/3 of 15W...
You are right. Perf/watt could be much better than 3x for A15. :lol: