TuxDave
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And option #3 - if AMD wanted to make their customer's experience with x87 applications be comparable to what Intel's customers experience then AMD could prioritize it and make it so.
When the road is bumpy and Ford makes it a smooth ride by equipping their cars with superior, and more expensive, shock absorbers it would be kinda backwards for Dodge car owners to expect the city to make the roads smoother just for them so they can experience what Ford owners experience already.
Dodge should equip their cars with shock absorbers too, if they wanted their customers to have a smoother ride that is. But if they don't, well then Dodge's customers are kinda getting exactly what they paid for and deserve at that point, right?
I could agree with that. From what I can tell, it's just "risk management". I don't kill performance on x87 because I hate it. I only cripple it a little if it gets in the way of something else I need to get done. So maybe you can say someone at AMD has done a far better job at chucking the whole thing in the trash than I have.