Turns out AMD might not be completely screwed performancewise if this article at Anandtech is anything to go by.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3069
It appears the Penryn (Wolfdale) is only ~10% faster than Conroe clock for clock. I can see Barcelona being around...
Pinch of salt time. Actually more like a truckload but...
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41837 on G98
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=41836 on G92
THAT is absolute utter bollocks!
edit:
And to clarify why I think that, here's a couple of points. They've basically copied some specs from ATI chips and messed it up.
- eDRAM die for "FREE 4xAA".
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Where have I heard this before, oh that's right. On the Xenos. They...
They can get fvcked if they think I'm paying for what is essentially a goddamn driver. It's up on torrent so I shall be obtaining it from there.
And a big FVCK YOU to Creative Labs. :rolleyes:
I beg to differ...
DX10 Game (Flight Simulator X is already out)
G80
R600
Vista (not shipping with DX10)
DX10 (via windows update)
(I'm sure I read that DX10 was being added in an update and not shipping with Vista or is this a vicious rumour I've been conned into believing?)