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post #21 of 31
5/5/05 at 8:36pm
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Originally Posted by MichaelX30
Nice try AMD, it looks like AMD should concentrate on their Dual-Core processors, the more I hear about Turion the more I tend to associate with vapor ware like RD-Ram
Dude, look at the article linked as source, it's the same article from GamePC that you posted earlier, about which many people have already raised serious questions. So I don't think this is anything new, just rehashing over already done questionable benchmarks.
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post #22 of 31
5/5/05 at 8:38pm
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Originally Posted by yogijalla
this is bad news and theinquirer is a good source, totally AMD-biased!
But I still like turion better than pentium m, for the 64 innovation.
??? What in the world are you basing this on?
They seems to be using the same Intel biased GamePC article as a source.
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post #23 of 31
5/5/05 at 8:59pm
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Originally Posted by HardBall
Dude, look at the article linked as source, it's the same article from GamePC that you posted earlier, about which many people have already raised serious questions. So I don't think this is anything new, just rehashing over already done questionable benchmarks.

Yes I know I know I know I KNOW! benchmarks are questionable when they aren't in AMDs favor and sources are biased if they mention the possibility that AMD came behind I get it!!!
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post #24 of 31
5/5/05 at 9:40pm
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Originally Posted by MichaelX30
Yes I know I know I know I KNOW! benchmarks are questionable when they aren't in AMDs favor and sources are biased if they mention the possibility that AMD came behind I get it!!!
I don't really want to start this again, but if I have to, I will.

Whether a review is credible or not is not based on which company they favor, but their methods in conducting benchmarks, their setup of the hardware, and how that bench actually stack up to previous reviews that are known to be reliable.
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post #25 of 31
5/5/05 at 10:05pm
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Originally Posted by HardBall
I don't really want to start this again, but if I have to, I will.

Whether a review is credible or not is not based on which company they favor, but their methods in conducting benchmarks, their setup of the hardware, and how that bench actually stack up to previous reviews that are known to be reliable.
You know what nevermind, some people just dont get it
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post #26 of 31
5/5/05 at 10:21pm
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Originally Posted by MichaelX30
You know what nevermind, some people just dont get it
Sometimes, people don't really get non-sense.
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post #27 of 31
5/5/05 at 11:12pm
Why must there be bickering before we get high-end Turion machines? All I care about is seeing the highest quality Turion run against the highest quality P-M, but granted the video cards have to be comparable (if they only throw the x700 in a Turion, and ran it against a 6800 ultra.... that's pretty devastational....)
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post #28 of 31
5/5/05 at 11:18pm
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Originally Posted by BannedNinja
Why must there be bickering before we get high-end Turion machines? All I care about is seeing the highest quality Turion run against the highest quality P-M, but granted the video cards have to be comparable (if they only throw the x700 in a Turion, and ran it against a 6800 ultra.... that's pretty devastational....)
You are right, there is no reason for us to talk. When large volumns of Turions come out, and large number of reviews are published, the results will speak for themselves; good or bad.
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post #29 of 31
5/6/05 at 12:08am
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Originally Posted by YuriSEAL
No, but the Pentium M can only be plugged into desktop boards made for the Pentium M. That's rather important, y'see. They'll still be designed to take advantage of lower power consumption, etc. It's just that now they'll be compatible with normal power supplies, desktop cases, etc.
They work in (some) normal Pentium 4 motherboards with a very cheap adapter.

Since the Pentium M and Pentium 4 are electrically compatible (They use the same FSB), all that is different is that the Pentium M has a different pinout, and a lowe voltage version of the FSB. The adapter handles that.
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post #30 of 31
5/6/05 at 1:25am
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Originally Posted by Guspaz
They work in (some) normal Pentium 4 motherboards with a very cheap adapter.

Since the Pentium M and Pentium 4 are electrically compatible (They use the same FSB), all that is different is that the Pentium M has a different pinout, and a lowe voltage version of the FSB. The adapter handles that.
??? I thought the Pentium 4 had 800 Mhz FSB and the Pentium M has 533 Mhz FSB. Those aren't the same.
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post #31 of 31
5/6/05 at 1:46am
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Originally Posted by chuck232
And the Pentium M was obviously designed for desktop use as well...

Face it, they're both for mobile use and the Turion (in most things) isn't as good as a similarily clocked Dothan.
agreed.

ps: the title is rather intense sounding in "not a centrino killer", but if you read it you find they simply mean it's not overtly better than pentium-M, but still has some uses. the thing simply is that it just doesn't fit well in the mobile market. buy a venice for a desktop rig and then you'll have money well spent. in laptops though intel has done something exceptional in the pentium-M and sonoma is another nice step up.
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