Author Topic: Does AH only use one core of an AMD chip? (Read 4487 times)

mipoikel · « **Reply #45 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:04:55 AM »

Skuzzy, what if you write a benchmark software and share it in your own review website. For example www.skuzzy.info (yes, its available at least when i write this )

Skuzzy · « **Reply #46 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:16:16 AM »

I do not have the money to fund anything like that. I also do not have the time as something like that needs 100% attention. I also have no love for Facebook or Twitter or smart phones, so the site would probably die due to the lack of support of such superfluous nonsense.

Many, not all, people seem to put more value in fluff than substance today. Without creating drama, the site would be a boring technical read, for most people.

It was a nice thought though.

Tigger29 · « **Reply #47 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:25:32 PM »

Quote from: Skuzzy on November 22, 2011, 09:16:16 AM

I do not have the money to fund anything like that. I also do not have the time as something like that needs 100% attention. I also have no love for Facebook or Twitter or smart phones, so the site would probably die due to the lack of support of such superfluous nonsense.

Many, not all, people seem to put more value in fluff than substance today. Without creating drama, the site would be a boring technical read, for most people.

It was a nice thought though.

Somebody doesn't watch enough Jersey Shore!

Don't worry I completely understand where you're coming from. Just last night I was looking at ABCNews' website and read about the budget (which I won't be going into detail here for obvious reasons) then a story about another missing child.. then a video of a baby making cute giggly noises... then some celebrity stuff.. then a big story about how one celebrity's dress is different than another.. then something about Ashton's divorce... then some tips on how to defrost your turkey.. then some story about the history about putting those stupid holes in your earlobes... then down towards the bottom underneath all this junk was something about some huge technological breakthrough that could revolutionize something.. to be honest I don't even remember what I was so disgusted by that point I gave up reading.

We're living in a world full of messed up priorities and no common sense, but I'm not worried. It will eventually start swaying the other way...

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #48 on:** November 22, 2011, 12:41:27 PM »

Quote from: Skuzzy on November 22, 2011, 09:16:16 AM

I do not have the money to fund anything like that. I also do not have the time as something like that needs 100% attention. I also have no love for Facebook or Twitter or smart phones, so the site would probably die due to the lack of support of such superfluous nonsense.

Many, not all, people seem to put more value in fluff than substance today. Without creating drama, the site would be a boring technical read, for most people.

It was a nice thought though.

you stole my heart with this post, Skuzzy! I am absolute agreement , with the first 4 sentences, Sir!

cheers

TC

Gustav · « **Reply #49 on:** November 22, 2011, 09:41:32 PM »

Quote from: skribetm on October 19, 2011, 02:46:55 PM

that argument is all bones & no meat at all! [or all hat & no cattle(?)]

ya know, put in something like this: Guinness World CPU Record
http://www.overclocking-tv.com/content/news/11863/amd-continues-with-cold-bug-free-cpu-extreme-bulldozer/

even intel's much-praised 32nm dont come close.

I hope this doesn't count as necro-posting but I just noticed this.

I read about the world record overclocking of Bulldozer CPU's... The catch is that it looks like the overclock was done with just just one Module enabled with Liquid Helium.

All the Sandy Bridge overclocks I have seen were with all four cores active at 6GHz with Liquid Nitrogen (with people able to repeat it using Liquid cooling). AMD seemed to be able to push Bulldozer to only 4.8GHz on water cooling with all modules enabled.

It reminds me of when a team did this, other than being really cool to read about was it really useful for anything?

Infidelz · « **Reply #50 on:** November 23, 2011, 08:08:55 AM »

INTEL the intelligent choice of course.

Infidelz

Skuzzy · « **Reply #51 on:** November 23, 2011, 10:52:09 AM »

Quote from: Infidelz on November 23, 2011, 08:08:55 AM

INTEL the intelligent choice of course.

Infidelz

Oh, Intel has had their moments. Who could forget the entire "Prescott" family? The worst abortion of CPU's ever conceived and then they had the gall to actally ship them.

Gustav · « **Reply #52 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:05:54 PM »

Quote from: Skuzzy on November 23, 2011, 10:52:09 AM

Oh, Intel has had their moments. Who could forget the entire "Prescott" family? The worst abortion of CPU's ever conceived and then they had the gall to actally ship them.

hah, how true. Good thing they got some common sense before they finished Tejas.. which was speculated to have a TDP of 150W at 2.8GHz and have a 40-50 stage pipeline.

I could be horribly wrong but at this point I feel AMD's FX is gonna go down the road of Pentium 4. (High clock rates, high heat output, slower than Phenom II in a good portion of benchmarks, but to be fair it seems to hold well once loaded up on threads)

Infidelz · « **Reply #53 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:06:08 PM »

Yes I had one of those. It was a disappointment. They have redeemed themselves since.
Infidelz

Noir · « **Reply #54 on:** November 23, 2011, 01:45:58 PM »

back on the subject, is there a certain stepping in the Phenom II class that fixed the problem or it's even more subtle?

Skuzzy · « **Reply #55 on:** November 23, 2011, 02:12:23 PM »

Unfortunately, there is no way to know. AMD does not publish such information.

TequilaChaser · « **Reply #56 on:** November 23, 2011, 07:59:34 PM »

Quote from: Noir on November 23, 2011, 01:45:58 PM

back on the subject, is there a certain stepping in the Phenom II class that fixed the problem or it's even more subtle?

Quote from: Skuzzy on November 23, 2011, 02:12:23 PM

Unfortunately, there is no way to know. AMD does not publish such information.

in my own opinion, I think most of those who have or had ran into the problem... came across the problem due to buying all the different COMBO packages that sites like Newegg or Tigerdirect or 1buypower etc run on sale...... they throw a bunch of components together, usually mid grade, but they never actually do a build of the components and test them......

they just doing a grouping of components, call it a Combo deal and make one think that the individual buying the Combo is getting a deal.....

out of at least 18+ AMD systems and 4+ Intel systems dating back to 1999, I have yet to run into the issues ( such as spinning clipboard/ needed the AMD Optimizer 1.14 patch , etc....)except for 1 AMD build back at AMD's first released dual core cpu...... ( I have built more, but am refering to PC's built to play Aces High specifically )

the most issues I have seen arise in Aces High, is how people buy pre built PC's with a bloated down OS, or through the years I have seen differing matters regarding processes/resources or video/audio or anti virus/firewall......... but most times it was user error ( besides buying a combo pkg kit and throwing it together without researching what they bought )......

to me, I think the major part between AMD or Intel is the heat/power consumption issues and how they have flip flopped in the past 12 or so years...

YMMV

when I am able too, I am playing Aces High on either my Intel cpu comp.... or on my other PC with AMD

edit: regarding the opening topic: Re: Does AH only use one core of an AMD chip?

Yes it still does, as far as I can tell, but that should not detour an Individual from shying away from AMD for this small lil matter.......... again my own opinion

TC