there is still a long way till this gets released.
AM2 does smell like a stop gap for AMD though.
I am also very interested in what exactly is in those X1900 drivers? could it be a bet a or a newer version? the registry could be tweaked to have AI on?
Personally if all these benchmarks are real(most probably) then i am not too suprised at all. like many say, this has been a long time coming. I also think that AMD have not just been sitting idle. they have their 4-8meg cach coming on AM2, amongst other things. but certainly i would expect Intel to take the crown and keep it for a little while, at least 8 months before the new architecture from AMD comes along........ this was always on the cards when you consider the advantage the A64 got from having an on board memory controller, whilst the p4 was chuging along without.
AM2 does smell like a stop gap for AMD though.
I am also very interested in what exactly is in those X1900 drivers? could it be a bet a or a newer version? the registry could be tweaked to have AI on?
Personally if all these benchmarks are real(most probably) then i am not too suprised at all. like many say, this has been a long time coming. I also think that AMD have not just been sitting idle. they have their 4-8meg cach coming on AM2, amongst other things. but certainly i would expect Intel to take the crown and keep it for a little while, at least 8 months before the new architecture from AMD comes along........ this was always on the cards when you consider the advantage the A64 got from having an on board memory controller, whilst the p4 was chuging along without.