Flood Gates open with AMD dual core info
Posted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 20 April 2005 - 18:29 · 16 comments & 1092 views
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#1 Posted by Painkiller on 20 Apr 2005 - 18:37
- Amazing News...
And also Broadcom release today a New Chipset For the Opteron's Family...
Future looks Bright for AMD
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#2 Posted by ev0| on 20 Apr 2005 - 18:39
- all your new chips are now way out of date guys...time to update again
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#2.2 Posted by rakiner on 20 Apr 2005 - 19:17
- That's kinda pointless since AMD plans to ship all the new dual core chips at the same price as the old processors, at least that is what is planned for the opterons.
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#3 Posted by DJ Woody on 20 Apr 2005 - 18:51
- great and there is me with my FX-55
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#4 Posted by ir0nw0lf on 20 Apr 2005 - 19:18
- Is it true that most Socket 939 mobo's will only need a BIOS update, if even that, in order to support one of these babies? If so, Intel just got served bigtime, since you have to go new mobo/chipset to run their dual-core "offering."
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#4.1 Posted by bucko on 20 Apr 2005 - 19:31
- Intel have only done that to make money
. I think it is just a bios update you need, wish they did it to 754 mobo's. -
#4.2 Posted by divertom15 on 20 Apr 2005 - 19:54
- make money? no this way they will lose money because people will just swap a chip in their amd boards.
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#4.3 Posted by VikingStorm on 20 Apr 2005 - 19:59
- Well if AMD made motherboards they would be losing money.... but they aren't...
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#4.4 Posted by SkaterAustin on 20 Apr 2005 - 20:43
- amd has already said there going to be transitioning into 1207 pin processors in 2006 that will have ddr 2 support.. opterons will be 1207 pin 1st quarter some time next year and then future x2 amd 64s will follow aftewards so i shall be upgrading my system next summer.
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#5 Posted by TruckWEB on 20 Apr 2005 - 20:49
- Any benchmark for the new Athlon 64 X2 ?? I've not seen any....
Lets compare Pentium D with Athlon X2... Tell us how good it is!
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#6 Posted by cwalker2734 on 20 Apr 2005 - 21:04
- "Intel got served" ????
you sir are an idiot
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#7 Posted by noping on 20 Apr 2005 - 22:09
- We need pricings and benchmarks Promto.... Credit card is ready to launch a preemtive assult on newegg to aquire this new hardware.
Second:[/b] Dealing with fraudulent transactions of one type or another takes up roughly 40% of our customer service people's time. We have players calling us up or requesting in-game service for activities related to these sorts of transactions constantly, even though they are specifically disallowed by our EULA. You may ask why the percentage is that high when it's not allowed in the first place? The answer is simple. Many times, people in these situations aren't up front with us about what actually happened. "My sword disappeared from my inventory" comes to mind, when what actually happened is the player has sold the item to someone else. Our CS people have to take the time to investigate this claim because if something legitimately happened, we of course want to take care of the player's needs. We believe that by taking this course, we will free up a great number of resources to deal with other things for our players.
Third:[/b] We see this as a potentially interesting model for future games. If we came up with a game specifically designed around these sorts of transactions, it might be pretty cool. Online gaming is always evolving, and we’re going to see how a sanctioned exchange service shakes out in EQII. From our perspective, it's always wise to keep pushing the envelope.
With the big reasons we're doing this laid out, I'd like to now tell you about the process:
On Wednesday, you'll see some press about Station Exchange. After about a week, we will conduct an in-game poll that's going to ask whether you:
- 1). Want to play on an "Exchange enabled" server.
- 2). Do not want to play on an "Exchange enabled" server.
- 3). Don't really care.
Based on the results of this poll, we will light up a certain amount of new servers that are specifically "Exchange enabled." If the percentage of players who want this service is high enough, we might consider converting some existing servers to "Exchange enabled." Players who want to play on those servers will have the opportunity to transfer over to the "Exchange enabled" servers for free on a one-time-only basis (but you can't ever move that character off these servers). We will, of course, let people who don't want to stay on an "Exchange enabled" server off with a free transfer.I want to be clear here: We will be lighting up a few new servers that are specifically “Exchange enabled,” and the number of existing servers we convert to “Exchange enabled” will be based on how many people actually want to be on "Exchange enabled" servers.
In addition to the issues listed above, you may ask, "What about farming?" The simple answer to this is that we're going to continue to heavily enforce the rules of EQ II, and those rules don't permit players to monopolize spawns or in any way harm the play experience of another player. We will continue to enforce these rules, but we also think that by providing a legitimate way for players to buy and sell the use of virtual goods, there will be fewer problems on the non-Exchange servers.
I realize this is a lot to think about, and I expect a pretty good debate to start on this subject. We welcome all your feedback, as it will help determine the future of this service. All I ask is that you consider the fact that we're really addressing this problem in the best possible way for all sides of this issue.
John Smedley
President, Sony Online Entertainment
Learn more about Station Exchange.