Companies that could enter the console war

[Game_boy]

ssj12 said:

Game_boy said:

ssj12 said:
Intel would be fun. Core 2 QX 9650 Extreme in a console OMG!!!

That's why I said AMD, except AMD has graphics too. Besides, upcoming Phenom > QX9650.

ummm the QX9650 is Intel's new 45nm processor. So AMD's craptastic Phenom <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< QX9650

On the assumption that Xeon and Core 2 are similar performers (same core) and likewise for Bareclona/Phenom:

In server benchmarks, 2.0GHz Barcelona = 2.0GHz 65nm Xeon. Therefore 3.0GHz Barcelona is roughly 3.0GHz 65nm Xeon. 45nm Xeon is 10% faster clock-for-clock on average than 65nm Xeon. Therefore 3.0GHz Barcelona is roughly 2.72GHz Xeon. Therefore, per above, 3.0GHz Phenom is roughly 2.72GHz Penryn.

We have seen Phenoms at 3.0GHz with triple Crossfire and no special cooling or overclocking. Therefore the fastest Phenom at launch (3.0GHz) will be 91% of the speed of a QX9650. In fact, Barcelona has HT3 disabled, but Phenom has it enabled which will raise performance to parity I believe.

Seeing as both 3.0GHz Phenom and QX9650 will cost around $1000, which is totally out of most people's price range, Phenom will be absolutely competitive in the <$250 mainstream desktop space with 45nm Penryn. It also has slightly lower power consumption due to High-k metal gate on Penryn.