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.
Today, Destiny 2 developers hosted a livestream where they discussed in detail upcoming core game changes coming alongside The Edge of Fate expansion on July 15.
The Meta Quest 3S Xbox Edition has arrived for $399.99, but we wonder if it was really needed or just a simple cash-in.
We're talking about a limited edition item here, and by definition, those aren’t exactly 'needed'. But when you look at what’s included, the controller, the strap, and a few months of Game Pass, it actually turns out to be a surprisingly good deal.
What’s weird is that this is a VR headset branded with Xbox, a platform that doesn’t even support VR. And Xbox is part of Microsoft, a company that more or less walked away from all of its VR efforts. Yet somehow, this ends up being the best value available for a VR headset. If you're looking to get into VR, unless you're buying used, it’s hard to find anything that offers more for the price.
Nope, wasn't need, but It's another incentive to try GP, and retain increase or maintain subs.
It lends to the "Everything is an Xbox" marketing they have going on...if it has a screen, it's a Xbox.
I don't see the harm here, it's a limited item...shit MS and Sony have Sneaker deals as well, are those necessary? Nope, but if you like PS or Xbox, or are a collector of limited edition of stuff then, why not?
Almost every luxury item out on the market is not 'needed', but you can be sure that they will be bought by someone. If you have the money to spare and want to treat yourself, I say go for it. I'm sure there are many fans who would love this.
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do yourself a favour, get the Q6600 (or better), AMD is not the way to go (yet).
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!
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.
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.