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AMD Phenom is broken - costs a 14% performance hit to fix

Contrary to AMD's claims at launch, all Phenoms are affected by a system-halting data-corrupting bug known as Erratum 298. The only way to fix it is an update which disables part of the L3 cache, causing a 40-50% drop in L3 performance. This translates to an average 14% drop in real-world performance, up to 50% in programs like Firefox.

Also, it was discovered that AMD had sent overclocked processors to reviewers, which artificially made the Phenom look more competitive to Intel's Core 2 Quad. Some may see this as being an even bigger issue, as it makes AMD look insincere.

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mighty_douche6416d ago

do yourself a favour, get the Q6600 (or better), AMD is not the way to go (yet).

lowlight6416d ago

Does anyone else agree that the bigger part of the story is the fact that AMD sent out overclocked processors to reviewers, essentially invalidating all the Phenom reviews that are out there? Not only do you get a 14% performance hit if you want a stable CPU, retail units take a further hit compared to what we see in reviews because of the slower Northbridge clock!

mighty_douche6416d ago

thats completely out of order, i understand they need something pretty special to break intels hold on CPU's but lying to customers is not the way to do it. i cant believe they thought they'd get away with doing this, you cant get anything past the die hard PC crowd, rather than console gamers that tend to take reviews as the word of god, PC gamers test things.

i think both AMD & ATI are pretty screwed.

jenious6416d ago (Edited 6416d ago )

I wonder if it has anything to do with chip yields. Maybe they couldn't get enough of the chips to run at 2ghz and had to downclock them to 1.8 to be able to get enough of them out the door for launch. That's giving them the benefit of the doubt though.

It's not like stuff like this hasn't happened before and won't happen again. Remember when Nvidia used to code their drivers to drop video quality during 3dmark runs in order to gain higher benchmark scores.

WilliamRLBaker6416d ago

no more insecure then when it was reveal intel owned the companies that made the bench marking programs and some contained code that ran faster on intel processors then all others.

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Review: Rally Arcade Classics Is Pure Dreamcast-era Racing Goodness – Entertainium

From NETK2GAMES out of Barcelona comes one of the most enjoyable arcade racing you’ll play: Rally Arcade Classics is no fluff, all fun.

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Ace Combat Celebrates 30th Anniversary With Promise to "Take Flight Once Again" and More

The Ace Combat series celebrates its 30th anniversary, and Bandai Namco revealed interesting initiatives, on top of a poignant message.

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simulationdaily.com
darthv726h ago

That controller looks like a cheap knockoff... it should have been a proper DS5 design.

darthv725h ago

...the VR aspect in 7 IS the redeeming quality.

Abriael4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

what a dumb take.

Ace Combat 7 is one of the best games of the past generation. It doesn't need VR gimmicks to "redeem" it.

CrimsonWing695h ago

Look, I’m a simple man. I see Ace Combat and say, “Yes!”

Abnor_Mal4h ago(Edited 4h ago)

Can we get a new Ace Combat, with full vr and not just three or four levels, for PS5 and PSVR2
Also if we could get a remake of my all time favorite, Ace Combat5: The Unsung War, again with full vr for every mission with DualSense and flight stick haptics.

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Rematch dev on huge eSports potential: "the game is in the players

Rematch’s creative director, Pierre Tarno, speaks about Sloclap’s thoughts on eSports and tournaments in the studio’s hit soccer game.

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