AMD Benchmarks Zacate APU, 2x Faster GPU Performance than Core i5

[JumpingJack]

Apparently AMD are using a different version of ie 9 preview that is available from the public, (presumably the developer one). That pretty much renders all the browser tests invalid.



- Fry on S|A

Nope, they weren't using the correct driver...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3933/a...ormance-update

[Mechromancer]

Nope, they weren't using the correct driver...

http://www.anandtech.com/show/3933/a...ormance-update

Yes, AMD wasn't using Intel's newest driver but they allowed Anandtech to manually install the newest driver and another game to test with.

Anandtech:

It’s very rare for any public company to make an on the spot decision to let us benchmark and publish test data of an unreleased part without having ever seen it before. The first time the AMDers in the suite saw Zacate running Batman was when we installed it. To be honest, it was probably the most open and flexible I’ve ever seen AMD be. I knew if the IE9 numbers changed that it would call the City of Heroes numbers into question. By allowing us to rerun everything as well as add an additional title (one that we’ve used more recently) AMD handled the situation perfectly.

For a chip going into a sub-$500 notebooks/netbooks this little guy isn't too bad. It's not like people will be Folding@Home and doing BigADV WUs on one of these things. CPU power isn't quite as important as the ability to accelerate media and do some casual gaming.

[JumpingJack]

Yes, AMD wasn't using Intel's newest driver but they allowed Anandtech to manually install the newest driver and another game to test with.

Anandtech:


For a chip going into a sub-$500 notebooks/netbooks this little guy isn't too bad. It's not like people will be Folding@Home and doing BigADV WUs on one of these things. CPU power isn't quite as important as the ability to accelerate media and do some casual gaming.

Yep. AMD has done a first class job with this one netbooks are going to be very different in a few months. It's better than just casual gaming I can casual game on an Atom netbook. (plants v zombies, Luxor, etc) but here we can get to some gen -1 type action games.