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12-22-2011, 09:15 AM
I may already know the answer to this question(I know the usual "higher the MHz the better".
I currently have an AMD 3GH dual now, but when I get my new rig, I want to know if I should aim for an AMD quad or an Intel quad(both at 3.4GHz, but with Intel having more processing architectures, and costing more money).
Main question is: Is there a noticeable difference in the emulation performance with the higher SSExx-SSSEx processing?
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If u watch Only towards PCSX2 Intel wins it with ease (Even though I totally dislike Intel, but besides that).
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AMD? They're no longer can compete with Intel and it not just emulation, pretty much just about everything. These days, AMD is only good at GPU and that's about it. Maybe the server side but I don't pay much attention to it
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Why hate something that is far more superior? There are three things that I could think of that make one hate or dislike Intel: 1. fanboy, 2. envious/jealousy, 3. money issue (thus stuck with an inferior amd cpu).
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I'm myself a defender of AMD and actively boycott Intel since it first introduced the serial number into the CPU long ago and keep trying to push DRM and TC features directly on it.
But there is no doubts at the moment Intel has better performance and should be your choice if performance is what you need now.
Since the bulldozer was first announced sometime ago things seen to point AMD would not try to beat or surpass Intel anymore at CPU performance. Bulldozer is clearly directed to keep a shadow of competition at the mainstream level. To me it looked like AMD was betting at the integration CPU + GPU + possibly PPU (because Nvidia is the main concern to AMD now and it is somewhat ahead already with PhysX).
Bulldozer architecture screams AMD is letting to the GPU almost all non integer processing, which obviously is intended for the APUs post llano.
So, for now Intel has better performance even in bang for your buck fashion.
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Intel wins this race . Go with intel. And a good gpu.
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(12-22-2011, 11:54 AM)Squall Leonhart Wrote: this hasn't been the case for 6 years
its now more like "architecture + mhz"
FX-8150 Turbo is 4.2 GHz and still can't compete with the i5 2500 ( 3.3 GHz ) at single core performance
and since the silicon layers can't handle a lot of Mhz
so it should be ( architecture X2 + Mhz )