Anandtech benches Nehalem

**Metroid** · 06-05-2008, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by Metroid on May 3

I think there is not a real reason why to increase the performance upwards this, unless AMD comes with something good, Intel will keep doing its job. Refresh chips 5 to 10% new architecture 15 to 30% performance increase.

This quote from a month ago stands my point.

This is a great news and more important it came from a very trustful source. The issues were very well explained.

Single threaded applications should not really be taken in account as most of the applications use 2 cores, unless somebody is still living in the stone age.

Nehalem only tends to get better and better with new bios. What Intel really wants to show to developers is that they could adopt more than 2 cores example(4 to 8 threads scalar).

It is the Multithreaded era, AMD and Intel are together, adapt or die soon or later.

Metroid.

**RealTelstar** · 06-05-2008, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by Metroid

It is the Multithreaded era.

Tell that to the software houses that are lagging 2y+ behind cpu development.

**Metroid** · 06-05-2008, 06:56 AM

Originally Posted by RealTelstar

Tell that to the software houses that are lagging 2y+ behind cpu development.

They know about it. I would not say they are lagging behind as it is difficult and costly. I'm saying this is just the right time to make the implementation and Nehalem is a good marketing product for the purpose given the prospectus.

Metroid.