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    AMD Tigris platform launched

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Jayayess1190, Sep 10, 2009.

  1. Jayayess1190

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    The other Tigris thread

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    Laptops with the platform to be shown off at an event today (Thursday). 45nm finally.

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    Jayayess1190, Sep 10, 2009
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  2. Kevin

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    This 4870 equipped notebook should be interesting. Hmm, ASUS perhaps?
     
    Kevin, Sep 10, 2009
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    Wow that's a big jump between the Premium and Ultimate if you ask me, excited to see how this performs.
     
    narsnail, Sep 10, 2009
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    Its looks very promising and also

    San Francisco, Calif. AMD has introduced a "mainstream" notebook platform designed to provide improved performance for multimedia applications and 3D gaming. Tigris - which has already been adopted by 8 OEMs - supports full 1080p HD playback and offers up to 25 percent longer battery life (55+ minutes) than previous AMD mobile platforms.

    More battery life :eek:

    go AMD
     
    KING19, Sep 10, 2009
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  5. naton

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    We know that Ati graphics are good. The only thing left to find out how fast is the Turion II. :)

    AMD are back into the game?
     
    naton, Sep 10, 2009
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    Jayayess1190, Sep 10, 2009
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    These processors seem to be based on the same design as the desktop Athlon II X2s without L3 cache, so they should close the gap somewhat with the Core 2 Duos.
     
    whyamistillusingthis, Sep 10, 2009
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  8. tianxia

    tianxia kitty!!!

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    thanks for the link.
    amd is still behind. afaik athlons are still slower per clock than c2ds, having a top chip with a 2.6ghz clock is not gonna help. also, 32nm cpus are coming, and they have just released 45nm ones.
     
    tianxia, Sep 10, 2009
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    CPU doesn't really matter much for most games. Gamers would pick lower AMD CPU and better ATI GPU over better Intel CPU and lower GPU any day. Plus Tigris should have switchable graphics for further improved battery life.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 10, 2009
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    AMD is way behind. What I see here are decently competitive CPU's against Intel's aging mid-range, but they're releasing mobile i7 within the next month...

    Or you can have the best of both worlds :rolleyes:
     
    anothergeek, Sep 10, 2009
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    The CPUs are not encouraging at all. Read their marketing:

    Translation: "We realize that our mobile CPUs are at best third-rate, so we're going to put them together with good video cards and hope people don't notice (or don't care)."
     
    Althernai, Sep 10, 2009
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    Translation: "I'm jaded and bitter."
     
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    You have obliquely made an excellent point.

    The problem with the AMD strategy is that the same people who understand the importance of a good video card (gamers) will usually also want the best CPU.

    Ultimately, all AMD can really do is compete on price, which is often not a profitable strategy.
     
    SpacemanSpiff, Sep 10, 2009
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    Really past 2Ghz, at least on laptops, there is not a real noticeable difference in regards to CPU power, so if they can stick a 4870 with a decent CPU for under say $1300 they got a winner.
     
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    2.6gHz dual core with 35watts is quite nice, but i was hoping for really competitive speeds and power consumption from AMD this time. They are getting closer, but the "Core 2" and "Core i" series still are better.

    I still wouldnt mind to get an AMD notebook, but my next upgrade is a quad core, and a 2.6gHz dual still isnt any better than my 3.0gHz x9000 and thats almost 3 generations old
     
    Kamin_Majere, Sep 10, 2009
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    What's taking AMD so long to port the Phenom processors?
     
    Kevin, Sep 10, 2009
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    Next year. The Danube platform will bring the first mobile quad cores and DDR3 support. Better not still be on 45nm next summer AMD.
     
    Jayayess1190, Sep 10, 2009
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    Prydeless Stupid is

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    Well we have to consider that Intel is both larger(something like 4 times as big if not more) and makes more profit than AMD so they can't really advance to the level of Intel without the proper funding.

    Nonetheless, I do agree that pricing is going to be the key point here. If AMD can provide a decent mid-range CPU with a good GPU for a fraction of the cost of an Intel based combo, then they can be competitive again. As Narsnail said, for middle range gaming, the lesser AMD CPU will still provide.
     
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    There seems to very little interest for thse CPU's. No benchmarks the level of discussion generated is almost none.
     
    comp_user, Sep 17, 2009
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    So the "Caspian" CPU is a Phenom II based dual core but with only 2MB of total L2 cache and no L3. In terms of performance the 2.6GHz version will play with 2.13GHz and 2.26GHz Core 2 CPUs. That kind of performance is also getting close to the LV Core 2 Duo territory which uses only 17W.

    I'd still like to see the advancements over the Griffin based Turion CPUs though.

    They don't have much time on the iGPU advantages either: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3634&p=3

    "From what I've heard, this is actually going to be Intel's first reasonably good integrated graphics core."
     
    IntelUser, Sep 17, 2009
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  24. Bog

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    Turion CPUs are mediocre at best, but I still love AMD for offering decent graphics solutions. Go AMD!
     
    Bog, Sep 17, 2009
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