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10-01-2014, 02:20 AM
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Computing devices targeted at retail consumers will always tend to be measured in silly ways.
It used to be that we could compare one device to another based on clock speed. That worked well so long as everyone was using the same architecture.
Then came the Core Wars. I've actually seen tablets advertised from reputable vendors wherein under "Specifications," the CPU is listed merely as "dual core" or "quad core" without telling me anything at all about the architecture, speed, etc.
I guess that the bus-width pissing contest is inevitable. Yet another mostly useless metric that's easy to latch onto.
I wish I could predict what the next silly metric will be. Maybe CPU core voltage, with poorly informed children expressing a preference for higher-voltage CPUs merely because it sounds cooler. "The S7 only has 1.2 volts, but my old iPhone 8 has 1.5! What kind of dumbass would buy a phone that only has 1.2 volts?"
It used to be that we could compare one device to another based on clock speed. That worked well so long as everyone was using the same architecture.
Then came the Core Wars. I've actually seen tablets advertised from reputable vendors wherein under "Specifications," the CPU is listed merely as "dual core" or "quad core" without telling me anything at all about the architecture, speed, etc.
I guess that the bus-width pissing contest is inevitable. Yet another mostly useless metric that's easy to latch onto.
I wish I could predict what the next silly metric will be. Maybe CPU core voltage, with poorly informed children expressing a preference for higher-voltage CPUs merely because it sounds cooler. "The S7 only has 1.2 volts, but my old iPhone 8 has 1.5! What kind of dumbass would buy a phone that only has 1.2 volts?"
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10-01-2014, 06:42 AM
It was worse a month ago...
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Also ended up switching my card for the windforce version that is overclocked with 3 fans instead of the 1
10-01-2014, 02:00 PM
I guess these would ruin your day.
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This Video Is The Definition Of Stopping Dead In Your Tracks - Digg
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10-01-2014, 08:18 PM
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