I Wonder How Many Of You

"Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura" (sundowne36) 09/16/2016 at 22:47 • Filed to: None

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Would get the joke. If it’s kind of in poor taste, please let me know and I’ll take it down.

Crest > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/16/2016 at 22:51

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So what’s the joke. Explain and we’ll decide if it gets taken down (*not)

S65 > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/16/2016 at 22:55

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Are AMD products that bad?

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > Crest 09/16/2016 at 22:57

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AMD products - without drivers - are horrible. I’d link another picture but it’s not exactly appropriate here.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > S65 09/16/2016 at 22:58

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It depends. As a budget product, it has its point in a niche part of the market but as a contender to NVidia cards?

I know PS9 might disagree with me, but they’re far, far from being a threat to Jen-Hsun Huang’s agenda.

bhtooefr > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/16/2016 at 23:01

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I would’ve gone with a 1980-1981 Mustang. Moar cylinders, but only 120 hp, and mediocre fuel economy. Meanwhile, Intel’s selling a 3-cylinder turbo making twice the power and using 1/8th the fuel.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > bhtooefr 09/16/2016 at 23:06

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Isn’t that more of an Nvidia joke? (970, I’m looking at you!)

facw > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/16/2016 at 23:08

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I really wanted the 480 to be good, but couldn’t justify going that way when it had the same power draw as a 1070. It may be price competitive, but from a heat/noise perspective it’s really unimpressive by comparison. I’m curious if the design just sucks, or if Global Foundries 14nm process is really that bad compared to TSMC’s 16nm one.

bhtooefr > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/16/2016 at 23:11

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I was making a joke about AMD and selling MOAR CORES... that are all slower than Intel’s low-end stuff.

And the 970 joke would be that Nvidia’s selling a turbo V8 with the intake valve missing from one cylinder... but the R9 290X, while also being a turbo V8, overheats and pulls boost, so it’s slower.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > bhtooefr 09/16/2016 at 23:16

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... And I forgot about the Bulldozer. Holy crap, was I lucky to avoid that hot mess.

itschrome > Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura 09/17/2016 at 07:52

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Eh, i like my richland a10 5750 in my laptop.