Wow, was Matisaro right??

[dhlucke]

Just finished the new article. Seems to me that with the revision, the Athlon is panning out just like Matisaro said it would. I´m amazed really. It should be an interesting argument now between those who thought the core was dead and those who didn´t.

Judging by the level of AMDmemtdown´s newest thread this must be very frustrating.

Raystonn? You out there?

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[Crashman]

No, because Matisario said it would continue to scale at 66MHz for every 100 XP points, and that those 66MHz would continue to equal 100MHz of the P4.

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[slickstaa]

lol. persistant arent we. Congrats Crashman, You were clearly right in that sense.
Matisaro, congrats on knowing the core wasnt dead.



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[nja469]

He wasn't the only one telling people of a new revision that would scale better and run cooler? Myself and a couple others have been sayng this since the first one's disappointed everyone, or we're just not worthy of any credit? P lol, well ok matisairo was right then... hell with it

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[slickstaa]

ok, kudos to u as well then.
i never had an opinion cus i never cared about the tbred.
hehe just waiting for what comes next.

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[eden]

Yeah, where is Raystonn now... hiding as usual...

I and Mat were the only dudes actively here being skeptical and claiming that this is not the Tbred's true performance. I dunno if it has to do with the red and green packaging anymore, but the new Tbreds indeed have proven that both our open minds, were the triumphant one over the thousand closed ones here (no offence anybody). There may have been some who also beleive, though like I stated, we were the only ACTIVE ones in the forum.


Oh and DH, welcome back dude! We miss you!

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[imgod2u]

I'm not exactly sure what you're saying here. Are you saying that your blind devotion to something that didn't seem likely was correct? Regardless of whether or not AMD was indeed able to refine their process (which most people agreed with), and the fact that most people did project 2.4-2.6ish GHz for this future enhancements, "believing" in something that had no basis still doesn't justify any gloating. Although I have to say what I've read of the other guy you speak of does sound like a hothead, most of the people in this forum kept their skepticism and they had good reason to. Unless you actually had prior knowledge that AMD was going to move to a 9-layer redesign of the core, and nobody else believed you, there is really nothing to gloat. Just enjoy the fact that we are seeing better technology and that this will surely mean Hammer will be able to scale at least to 3 GHz.

"We are Microsoft, resistance is futile." - Bill Gates, 2015.

 

[eden]

Ok sorry if I sounded very gloated. What I was saying, is back at the time the XP2200 Tbred came out,(if you were here back then) everyone thought it was the end of the world for AMD. Nobody kept an open mind about the sudden surprise. Nobody could beleive how the thing OCed. Worse, is nobody could possibly perceive that there is something wrong, and instead just told us to "face it"... (for example: The 1.8GHZ Tbred could not OC past 1.9GHZ, and it has to use water cooling to get 100MHZ more. The Palomino at 1.73GHZ could OC at normal cooling, to 1.9GHZ. Yet nobody could see that and have some skepticism)
No I did not know they would have 9-layers, but what I do know, is for starters, Tbred's small core results in weak cooling, and the fact the core design supposedly WAS flawed, and the need for an extra layer was required. The latter, I did not know, but I am mentioning it. Look, if people are to say: Well it need an extra layer to get those MHZ. I'd suggest you people at least consider the dated 10 stages design, over the NetBurst one, before complaining how they needed to resort to 9 layers.

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[imgod2u]

Well, from most of the posts I've read here and in other forums. Most people did expect the new steppings to improve scalability. Asside from a few rabid fanboys of course. I suppose you feel snubbed that not everyone agreed?

"We are Microsoft, resistance is futile." - Bill Gates, 2015.

 

[LED]

I myself was suprised to see the T-bred hit these speeds. I think a lot of people are. When you see 66mhz increases, and a t-bredA that didnt hit 2ghz you have every right to be skeptic. The other day there was a thread where one of you said ~"I dont remember AMD ever doing anything wrong, or making mistakes".......Well the t-bred-A had PR100+ speed improvement over the pal. Not so good eh? Future didnt look to optimistic. Yeah, you "rooted" for the next stepping/refinement.....I guess it's like when you hit on a horse? Or a roulette ball falls on your number. Because you really were guessing when you speculate on future t-bred performance. No one KNEW for sure.

You talk about this AMD chip like your favorite team won a championship. "D'backs won! In your FACE Yankee fans!"....You got your fanboy flag pretty high tonight.

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[shallowbaby]

yes, mat is right, we should worship him more.

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[Matisaro]

Yes I was, and no one can take that away from me.

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[Matisaro]

Actually, crash Is wrong I never said that.


also, I was not right in mistrusting the origional tbred, I was right about predicting a 2.4-2.6 tbred topspeed on .13 because of the shrink gains.

when the first tbred came out and topped at 2ghz(at best) I was flamed and personally attacked, and this redesign proves my origional prediction true and generally sets things right.


PS: imgod2u, Im not really a hothead, I have just been fed up with the trolling and misinformation on the boards as of late, and all the oldschoolers leaving. I really do post alot and try to help as many people as I can.

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<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Matisaro on 08/22/02 11:29 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[shallowbaby]

vindication: to clear of doubt with supporting arguments or proof; to provide justification or support for.

indeed matisaro... i can only imagine how much grief you took back then. more power to ya.

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[slvr_phoenix]

Just finished the new article. Seems to me that with the revision, the Athlon is panning out just like Matisaro said it would. I´m amazed really. It should be an interesting argument now between those who thought the core was dead and those who didn´t.

And it also proves that I was right when I said that AMD seemed to be hiding some sort of problem when they kept taking their sweet time releasing the T-Bred.

When they <i>finally</i> released the T-Bred, it's crappy quality that was barely even good enough to scale the AXP another two stages in itself proved my point. But then to later release a T-Bred core revision that absolutely proves without a doubt that their first T-Bred design was faulty (I.E. too much signal noise to reach a decent speed or OC worth a darn) by fixing those problems just makes me smile that much more.

I was right. AMD <b>was</b> having some sort of a problem with the T-Bred AXP core redesign. And thank goodness they fixed it or else they'd have been kinda screwed. (Or at least until Hammer.)

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[xxsk8er101xx]

seeing that you need to dip the cpu in liqued nitrogen to keep it cool i wouldn't call it amazing as of yet. You need a high performanced cooler otherwise your athlon xp 2600+ will burn up and melt. Hey it's right on tomshardware's article.

I would not recommend an AMD athlon XP over 1800+ for reasons of sanity. Those high performance fans are loud and annoying!

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[eden]

I admit this is one of AMD's big mistakes, releasing the Tbred A.

I did not root for the next stepping, I clearly stated that there is something wrong in the core itself, and that it has to be rechecked. AMD didn't just go to redesign for Barton, they cared about their current core and redid the adjustment needed. Intel released the 1.13GHZ, unstable, but they didn't try to fix it or anything, they just stayed at 1GHZ until the 0.13m batches started.

Sadly you are indeed an intel fanboy, because you perceive what I say as fanboyism. I had every right to say "IN YOUR FACE". I stated above an example of how people didn't even beleive it was a Tbred core problem, since the Palominos could OC better, yet everyone thought I and Matisaro were just rabid fanboys. We had an open mind, we won finally.

And BTW, when you think about it, if the NW tops out at around 3.4GHZ and does NOT reach 4GHZ before 0.09m, that proves AMD's process yeilds so far is somewhat better than Intel's. P4 has 20 stages, it SHOULD theoretically top out at twice the speed of an AXP in the same process. So if the AXP tops out at 2.5GHZ with 0.13m, and Intel's stops at less than 4GHZ, AMD has the better yeilds IMO, despite the P4 being a huge scalar processor.
May this sound pro-AMD, I don't care, it's the truth, face it!

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[dhlucke]

Either way, it works as advertised now. The Athlon doubt is over. Im going back to the original claims by Matisaro and how he had to eat his shorts when the results of the T-bred A came out.

Im with you on the noise though. Id rather have a slower CPU than the noise

Sorry about the lack of grammer. I cant find all the keys on this flemish keyboard.

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[xxsk8er101xx]

ya ... AMD needs to work on the heat issue though. Heat and electronics do not mix. I don't care how much you love a company. It's rediculous that you need to purchase a 3000 dollar drum of nitrogen to keep your cpu cool. (thats a joke).

Another thing is that AMD needs to start producing it's own chipsets.

Until then AMD will always be behind Intel. If AMD can solve those two problems then AMD would be more liked as people hate via and since via is AMD's prime source for chipsets they don't buy an AMD system. that was my case when my motherboard split it's guts.

ANd yes the noise is quite irritating. I can finally think while designing my logo, which is done. It's a shame i can't post pictures on this forum.

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[eden]

AMD_Man's P4 is as hot as his Tbird man!
Some Xp1600+ systems, like Metal_Rocker's, using a Volcano 7, OCed to XP2000 or I dunno what, run at below 40ºC. Some P4s go up as high as 57ºC. Each chip will perform differently in temperatures, and it depends on how you set it up.

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[imgod2u]

Just a thing to mention, a doubling of pipeline length does <b>not</b> guarantee a certain amount of increased scalability. It simply allows for easier scaling. Now AMD had to make some pretty drastic moves to get its K7 core up even to 2.5 GHz. The P4 is scaling very easily towards 3 with 6 metal layers of silicon. The problem would actually be power consumption, not electron flow. If you could keep the P4 fed with enough power it will scale well past 3 GHz and onto 4 GHz (look at the LN2 cooling and increased voltage overclocks, those are usually a sign of the end of a CPU's life, they've been 4 GHz on a 6 layer metal design).
To say AMD's manufacturing process is superior is arguable. As 9 metal layer production is significantly more wasteful than 6. However, I will give them this, they managed to pull off an entire core redesign in a very short amount of time. That's something to be said.

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[MeTaLrOcKeR]

heh

Im running at approximately XP 2000+ speeds.......
With Volcano 7...
right now im idling at 36 celcious under load....not constant 100% though....she wont go over 40 Celcious ever....

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[LED]

"Sadly you are indeed an intel fanboy, because you perceive what I say as fanboyism. I had every right to say "IN YOUR FACE"."

How am I an Intel fanboy? Because I doubt AMD? Jeez, they spend a whole year losing to Intel in performance and OC'ability. I get called a fanboy for supporting, and arguing for the clearly better processor. Oh wait, AXP is a better choice because it's CHEAP! RIGHT!? (keep tellin yerself that).....next it'll be because it's more square. I still see no reason to buy an AXP other than to take a performance hit, and a little less of a hit in the wallet. You OC the highest P4 now, and that's one less trip to the bank later when you would need to upgrade your AXP......

In everyones face eh nostradamus? You predicted the future. You have the same odds when you flip a coin...50/50. Next stepping good or bad? You also couldnt wait for the T-Bred A, cause it was gonna be the P4 Killer......You're 1 for 2. I hope you went double or nothin on this last one. What's your next prediction? Barton will have a 166 FSB? P4's cant scale passed 3ghz? You'd love that.

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[shallowbaby]

oh oh.

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[eden]

I won't waste anymore here with you.
Anybody can see you are pro_Intel at about 90% of the time.
If you look around, with no hard searching, you will see I praised Intel more often the last weeks than ever, so I suggest your fanboy insult be retracted.

I did not predict anything, I was looking at logical stuff. Matisaro's a semiconductor expert, he predicted the Tbred SHOULD be able to clock very high for its dated core. Was he wrong? NO. It was an error by AMD, to release a faulty design, one that needed some improvement. Now they released the clear 0.13m Tbred which was supposed to be. So no one was wrong, we just were surprised by Tbred A because under logical circumstances it is not supposed to happen. Again I stated an example, it was clear my prediction or anybody's should've been that Tbred SHOULD'VE scaled higher than that. We were not proved wrong at all, AMD just wasn't smart enough at first and add layers.

You are pro-Intel, you've proven that many times, I can hardly find a partly good AMD comment from you. And I suggest you don't try retaliating by calling me that, before you find out there are at least 5 messages in the past week from me that are Intel praising.

I will not continue talking here anymore, you are close-minded, and I could clearly see it.

PS: BTW if you look well, 55$ for an AXP1600+ which kicks the life off a P4 Celeron at 79$, is pretty sad. Yeah we're cheap, oh yeaa... The AXP 1600+ (my CPU) was able to compete the upper 2GHZ P4s in FPU benchmarks, Anandtech and THG had tests showing that.

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