820 million transistor cpu

[jmd749]

hi guys, i'm new here, yada yada

anyways i'm really excited about this new technology, a cpu having more transistors than an R600. they have claims of a "1.86GHz 45nm quad-core desktop processor running Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Las Vegas game under Microsoft Vista"
http://hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?page=2&articleid=926&cid=1

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/01/27/intel_45nm_penryn_details/

please post what you guys think.
especially in relation to AMD's response, cause they seem to be falling behind a bit, and without competition prices are going to kill us consumers.

 

[qcmadness]

hi guys, i'm new here, yada yada

anyways i'm really excited about this new technology, a cpu having more transistors than an R600. they have claims of a "1.86GHz 45nm quad-core desktop processor running Ubisoft's Rainbow Six Las Vegas game under Microsoft Vista"
http://hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?page=2&articleid=926&cid=1

http://tomshardware.co.uk/2007/01/27/intel_45nm_penryn_details/

please post what you guys think.
especially in relation to AMD's response, cause they seem to be falling behind a bit, and without competition prices are going to kill us consumers.

Higher transistor count does not mean that it is superior in performance.

 

[jmd749]

Higher transistor count does not mean that it is superior in performance.

quite true, but for a 1.86GHz 45nm quad core to be able to run rainbow six vegas under vista suggests that it's power is quite comparable to that of a R600 gpu.

 

[shinigamiX]

Uh, CPUs and GPUs can't really be compared. CPUs are jacks-of-all-trades, masters-of-none, while a GPU is highly specialised. Besides, I'm pretty sure that the Quad Core was running Vegas with a GPU as well...