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One of my favorite matches ever and looking back on it now, one of (if not THE) most inspirational/emotional match in WRESTLING history. For Eddie to overcome the demons and become the ultimate underdog champion (Rey winning was more for Eddie than himself so I don't really consider that TOO emotional or inspirational), it was amazing to see one of the greatest wrestlers ever and such a nice guy finally get his due. On Eddie's doc, the scene with him and Vince, as well as him calling Vickie after the match is absolutely BREATHTAKING, as you can feel the weight being lifted off the man's shoulders. I have it at
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, Lesnar's best match ever (can't decide between this and ER vs Cena) along with being Eddie's second best match ever.
It's a shame that perhaps the greatest Wrestlemania moment ever will never be acknowledged again by WWE.
I mean, can you picture a better ending to WRESTLING in general?
Like let's just say hypothetically, Wrestlemania XX was the last wrestling PPV EVER (I know that would never happen, but just bear with me) , can you think of a better moment that better encapsulates WHY we watch this shit than that one ? Through all the bullshit that we've been fed over the years, it was like the ultimate reward to see these two motherfuckers who gave their LIVES to the business (In Benoit's case anyways) , who also double as the best in the world for years upon years finally get what they deserved. If the WWE folded after that night, I can't think of a more satisfactory ending....
"He's not the biggest. He was never the strongest. He was never the fastest. He was overlooked. He went in the sixth round. So with that being said, all of the intangibles that a quarterback is supposed to have, they overlooked it with him because it was burning from inside of him" - Ray Lewis on Tom Brady
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Those advanced safety options probably will be available in less expensive cars in the future. That is the history of safety and other technologies in the global automobile industry. The questions are "When?" and "How long are you willing to wait?"
Should I buy a (fairly expensive ) new car with the newest safety features (blind side warning, adaptive cruise control etc.) now or will they be available on less expensive cars by 2014?
Those advanced safety options probably will be available in less expensive cars in the future. That is the history of safety and other technologies in the global automobile industry. The questions are "When?" and "How long are you willing to wait?"
Mr. Brown: I just purchased my first car in 12 years, and after just using a plug in GPS unit in the past was amazed and a little appalled at the distracted driver potential on the display screen in my admittedly mid-level, mid-tech car, and realized if I am not careful, I could just drive into someone's rear end while reading and watching. Now I am upset with all the 20 year olds reading football scores on their digital displays--this is not much different than reading texts while driving. How can this not be a safety issue? At the risk of being a luddite, I suggest that just like how Tom Sietsema now chronicles noise in his restaurant reviews, you consider the "distraction index" in your test drives.
Warren and I do complain about it, but the reality is that the people (not just 20 year olds, I have a brother-in-law that is 60 and wants all that infotainment in his car) want that information in their cars. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is going to have a hard time regulating it.
You've seen the sales of cars go down with teenagers. Part of it is economics, part of it is because they see ipads and iphones and droids,etc as their freedom of mobility. Car sharing will become more prevalent because the mystic of owning a car, like owning a home, is not as great as it was when you were 20.
If your current Prius is working well, keep it and bank the money. Also, with the possible exception of California, most states correctly have concluded that it is stupid to set up special lanes for hybrid cars. Here's why: The current generation of hybrids save fuel in the city. They use more fuel on the highway. Hybrid lanes work against "free lanes" on the highway, where their technologies use more fuel; and they also work against the reason for restricted lanes, which are supposed to encourage car pooling, as opposed to driver-only motoring. Before you buy another hybrid, figure out how you use the vehicle. If you do mostly local commuting witrh occasional long trips, a plug-in, Volt-type electric vehicle would serve you well. If all you do is local driving, an all-electrric can handle that job. but if you are constantly running, mostly in the city, consider a gas-electric such as a Prius.
Have you driven the 2012 Cadillac SRX with the new six cylinder engine? If so, what is your evaluation? Thanks.
Not yet. I'm supposed to do that in two weeks in New York.
The RAV4 is fine, but as your golden retreiver gets older you may want to consider a lower to the ground vehicle. Sounds like you might be more interested in a hatchback, or even a station wagon.
Subaru has a great station wagon, but have you looked at an Audi all-road? It's a little more than you requested price wise but I want you to know what's new out there. You can also go for an older version.
Subaru has the best vehicles for animals still, especially something as big as a golden retreiver.
It's interesting, older dogs need more room than younger dogs. Just like us, as we age it's harder for us to manuever in smaller spaces.
Watch out for the SUV (like your Pilot) that has open latches when all the seats are down. The dog can get their paws stuck in those latches. ouch.
I'm liking the outback or the RAV4, but consider a station wagon/hatchback.
Intelligence is the best defense against pushy salespeople. Intelligence and a mental "do not cross line," as in you will not suffer fools lightly; nor will you countenance discourtesy, condescension, or insults of any sort. That said, just do your homework before you enter a dealership. Many sources here, including www.edmunds.com, www.kbb.com. TrueCar.com, www.cars.com, Consumer Reports, Consumer Digest, Washington Consumers Checkbook, to name a few.
Check your finances--credit report, if you are borrowing; bank accounts if you are paying cash.
Self-check: What do you want? Why do you want it? What do you really need? Why do you need it?
Keep in mind that today's prestige is tomorrow's foolishness.
My "NO" list:
No extended warranties.
No "environmental protection package."
No undercoating.
Good luck.
It's all about fuel economy and low end torque. The electric motors give you low end torque and better fuel economy.
Acura starts out low but can get pricey when you want options.
Both are good, but price out options on what you want before you buy.
I need to get a car fairly quickly, and I have what seem to be unusual requirements. Can you go through your mental list of cars and options and let me know if you can think of something that fits my specs? 1. I'm allergic to car exhaust, so I need to be able to set the ventilation system on recirculate and have it stay there. My (old) Honda Accord would do that, but it seems like very few cars I've rented lately will. Also, cars that think they know better than me get on my nerves after a while. They may actually know better than me, but they need to find a different way to show it. 2. I'd like a seat that's as high as possible, because headlights shining in my eyes make it that much harder to see at night. 3. Excellent safety features. 4. High gas mileage. 5. 4-wheel drive, if not all the time at least when I need it. 6. Not expensive. 7. Either new or used. 8. I prefer standard transmissions to automatic. Really, the only requirement that isn't negotiable is the first one; I don't love the smell of exhaust in the morning. Thanks!
If you want to drive exhaust-free most of the time, please consider a Chevrolet Volt or Mitsubishi i-Miev.
Nearly all major vehicle manufacturers nowadays load their cars with safety features. Also consider these items, often sold as options: lane-departure warning system, blind-side protection, backup camera, proximity warning system back and front.
As for transmissions, buy an automatic that also can be operated manually. Those cars tend to have the highest resale value.
I like the Honda CR-V--great quality, reasonable fuel efficiency, and one of the best four-cylinder engoines available. But in NYC, i'd go with the Tucson--also good overall quality, but a vehicle that hurts you less mentally when it gets dinged, which is bound to happen sooner or later in NYC. Check with local fire and safety officials for the best child-safety seat for your vehicle.
Saab was a general motors product, so I would take it to a General Motors dealer to see what price they will give you.
A good used car is getting a high premium right now. A GM dealer can get parts for a Saab easier than other manufacturers might.
I'd go with the older vehicle with the lowest mileage. I'd also have a certified mechanic check it out. Then, I'd pay.
Judging from your question, you're not the least bit concerned about "prestige.' That being the case, I'd buy accordingly--remaining value (lowest mileage), price, history of reliability (check Consumer Reports and www.nhtsa.dot.gov).
No. Never did that. Did you?
Thhe Altima is a good car in terms of reliability and overall quality. Pree-2005 models, or thereabouts, have cheesy interiors. But, yes, the Altima generally makes for a good used car.
What's your reaction to the success of Google's self-driving car? http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/googles-self-driving-cars-300-000-miles-logged-not-a-single-accident-under-computer-control/260926/
It's nothing new. Nor is it originally Google. For the skinny on that, turn to our beloved Defense Department. The idea is to come up with military vehicles that can do pickup and delivery in a theater of war without risking our military people on a routine errand. This technology, part of which so far has yielded automatic parking, will mature. Future wars will see to that.
Sun visor effectiveness vary with sun visor quality. The best visors--chech thickness, reflective surface, area coverage--work well. This also works: Open you car's windows. Wait a bit. Enter and drive.
Good Morning Warren and Lou Ann, hope all is well with you and yours. I've been looking at the Volkswagen GTI. Any reasons I should look at something else?
Good morning: Not trying to be snarky, but there always is a reason to look at something else. It's an extremely competitive industry. heck out similar offerings from domestic and foreign manufacturers. But, yes, the VW GTI is a nice and enjoyable piece of work.
I drove the Tesla Roadster and loved it!
I just drove the Toyota RAV4 EV that has the Tesla powertrain in it.
It is beautiful, it will drive well if the RAV4EV is a comparison.
Toyota and Daimler own stock in the company.
The federal government has given Tesla a loan.
Other car companies are paying Tesla a tax credit payments, according to CARB, because those car manufacturers aren't meeting California ZEV requirements.
If there is a company that should make it, it would be Tesla.
I am reasonably certain that either cars.com, kbb.com, washingtonpost.com, or edmunds.com have on hand a review of the BMW X1. I'm also show that the X1 shares much with the Mini Countrtyman.
Point taken. Thank you. True: YOU dtermine if there will or won't be a sale.
I put this list together just for my washingtonpost.com chatters. There are so many of you that want to buy within your budget, but don't know what is out there.
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I don't think you quite understood the original poster's request. They were not looking for an exhaust free car, just a way to keep the exaust from other cars from infiltrating their passenger cabin. Many cars now have recirculation/max buttons that deactivate when the can is restarted. So the poster was looking for vehicles that do not shut off the recirculating function of the climate control system every time the car is restarted, which has absolutely nothing to do with the drive-train of the vehicle, be it electric, hybrid, gasoline, or diesel.
Thanks for the correction, assuming you are correct. I assumed that the poster was referring to fumes produced by his or her car. To me, the only other way to avoid multiple, ambient exhaust fumes is to stay inside with the windows closed.
Not as bad as the EU and Uk where these displays can be used to watch movies and TV. In the US you can jailbreak the system and do this but it voids the warranty etc. It will get worse w/ our gov't wanting to protect us all from our foibles and mandating back up cameras. Sorry if you can't back up a car sucessfully with just mirrors, you shouldn't be driving. I can put a 18 wheeler 50ft + trailer into a 11ft wide space by backing up w/ just mirrors or a 40ft gooseneck with a dualie filed with hay down a 9ft wide road backing up. Clifton VA
Baloney. The fact is that back up cameras have helped to avoid or otherwise mitigate accidents. They work, period.
Thank you.
It's getting bigger, which is the case with many non-BMW cars, because buyers un the U.S. market are getting bigger. We have a serious obesity problem in this country.
Does Volvo have any plans to bring the redesigned V40 to the US? It's a gorgeous car that would give VW a run for it's money in the small wagon segment.
I don't know. But I will check with Volvo.
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Onion Cake like at House of Nanking
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Is there someplace out here where I can get something like this?
with the peanut butter?
i believe these are called "scallion pancakes" here and can be found at many Chinese places...Chinese Islamic had a good one IICRC
what is this peanut butter on scallion cakes?
where is this house of nanking?
mandarin deli (four locations) has the scallion cakes (congyoubing -TSung- You- Bing) and is quite reasonable. I once had a peanut butter sauce on noodles substituting for a traditional toasted sesame paste sauce. to be kind, it was not to my taste. But people at this place in Santa Cruz loved it.
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House of Nanking is on Kearny St. in San Francisco Chinatown. It's probably the most consistently busy restaurant in San Francisco Chinatown with long lines of waiting diners most of the time. It is also almost devoid of Chinese diners, so I don't think it's anything you'd be interested in.
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Q Noodles in San Gabriel Square, Arcadia, and Rowland Heights have surprisingly good scallion pancakes. My wife from Hong Kong has lived here for a year and those are the only ones she has liked. I have never heard of peanut butter on onion pancakes--maybe kind of like cream cheese in sushi?
Tasty Garden in Arcadia offers a Peanut Butter Coconut Pizza. It's really two thin pancakes with peanut butter and coconut in between. I can't remember if the pancakes are scallion pancakes, though. It wasn't too bad, but I'm not a big fan of peanut butter in my Chinese food. Aside from that, it is an excellent Hong Kong-style restaurant.


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Bharat Prakash has stayed indoors on Diwali day for the past four years to avoid the smog that envelopes Indian cities during the festival, which celebrates the triumph of good over evil with fireworks and small oil-filled clay lamps.
As the rest of the country celebrates the Festival of Lights, which falls on Wednesday this year, asthma sufferers like Prakash, 22, will be cooped up at home, dreading the blanket of smoke that worsens the already dire air quality.
"I don't step out of the house on Diwali nights," says Prakash, a marketing professional in Pune.
In New Delhi, the morning after Diwali always brings a blanket of thick white smog -- and the situation is getting worse.
A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board showed that noise and air pollution levels were higher during Diwali in 2010 than the previous year despite nationwide campaigns against firecrackers.
"It's a concern that pollution levels go up, noise levels go up, and the doctors in cities have also confirmed that hospital admissions during this time increase, due to symptoms related to pollution-related diseases," said Anumita Roychowdhury, at the Centre for Science and Environment in New Delhi.
"Every year during Diwali, pollution levels are quite high largely because of the firecrackers, but the traffic intensity also goes up during this time."
Improvements in air quality after Delhi imposed rules making auto-rickshaws and buses run off liquefied natural gas have been partly offset by new cars on the road -- and their numbers have nearly doubled over the last decade, thanks to rising incomes.
Indians are at high risk of respiratory ailments, heart disease and lung cancer, according to recent World Health Organization (WHO) data that showed Delhi's air had almost 10 times the recommended level of PM10 particulate matter, or particles small enough to penetrate to the deepest part of the lungs and cause health problems.
The air in the Indian cities measured ranges between 80 and 251 micrograms per cubic meter of PM10. The WHO recommends not exceeding 20 micrograms per cubic meter.
But firecracker-free Diwali campaigns have not been entirely successful, with most revelers looking forward to the noise and lights as part of the festival fun.
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"If you really want to light up the world with crackers, why not light up with solar lanterns and give them to people, or try to light up a few people's houses, or a few villages ," Srinivas said.
"The amount of money that is spent on crackers can easily power a number of houses in rural areas."
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It's not every day we look at a 'mainstream' part. AMD's soon-to-be-released Lynx platform (Llano architecture for desktop systems) is as mainstream as it gets. Targeted for a total system cost of $500-$600, this platform is geared toward the biggest market segment for PCs today.
While many of our readers wouldn't go for this platform as their main PC, many of us have other uses for Lynx – HTPCs for one. Let's see what AMD has cooked up for us with their latest accelerated processing unit.
The Llano Architecture
AMD's desktop version of their Llano architecture (code-named Lynx) comes to light today in their A- series APUs (Accelerated Processing Units). Lynx contains an on-die CPU and GPU, much like Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs released earlier this year.
While Intel focused more on the CPU strength (let's face it, Sandy Bridge's processing power is killer), with Lynx AMD has gone the other route. They've slightly revamped their Stars core (which is found in existing Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs) and given the memory controller a makeover, giving support for up to DDR3-1866. I can attest to the fact that it takes no tweaking at all to run that kind of speed with timings of 8-9-8-24.
These CPUs share the same architecture as the laptop APUs released in mid June. Make no mistake though, they are targeting the broadest spectrum of PC purchasers hard with this APU.
As you can see, the APUs are available with two different clock speeds and two different graphics cores. The higher-clocked CPUs come complete with a higher TDP, but operate at higher frequencies all the time. The A8-3850 we're looking at today has the highest clock speed at 2.9 GHz. It also has the higher-specced IGP – the 6550D.
All of the SKU's ship with the strong DDR3-1866 capable memory controller. It's a good thing too, because the IGP uses system memory and it needs the speed/timings a strong IMC is capable of. Everyone considering one of these systems should bear in mind, timings are very important according to AMD. Fast memory with tight timings are ok, but you'll lose out if you go for memory MHz and disregard timings.
There are two IGPs available on Lynx. The more powerful of the two is the HD 6550D, clocking in at 600 MHz with 400 shader cores. Its little brother is the HD 6530D and specs out at 443 MHz and 320 shader cores.
The Surro graphics core is a revamped Redwood core, which was from the previous generation of ATI cards and was housed in the 5670 released in early 2010 (see Anandtech's review). It's no small feat to fit actual discrete-level graphics power on a CPU die. While we can't expect miracles, AMD put a lot into this APU; I was very excited to see how it performed.
All of that fits in this little package. It's amazing when you think about how far they've come being able to fit such a powerful GPU on-die. I remember not too long ago when GPUs this strong weren't even available on a discrete card!
The top-side looks like any current AM3 CPU, but the pin array is very different. Lynx is esigned to fit in the new FM1 socket and work in conjunction with the A75 FCH.
The A75 FCH – Fusion Controller Hub
The A75 FCH has a host of features for a very reasonable price. With native support for both SATA 6GB/s (six devices) and USB 3.0 (four ports), it can definitely handle all the accessories you can throw at it.
AMD's APU vs. Discrete GPU and Sandy Bridge
Unfortunately we were not able to present a direct comparison with Sandy Bridge. With the A8-3850, AMD is targeting both lower-end discrete graphics cards and the i3 2100 and 2105. According to their presentation at least, it performs very admirably against the discrete competition.
Features wise, Lynx clearly out-shines Sandy Bridge. While it won't compete in direct CPU computing, it does stand a chance when using GPU-accelerated applications. AMD is pushing OpenCL hard with this release, stating there are over 50 programs that can take advantage of GPU acceleration.
Graphics wise, AMD definitely thinks it has a winner on its hands. In this chart, they have compared even an i5 2500K, which comes up short in the gaming department. Before you point it out, yes, the i5 2500K is by far a superior CPU. That's not the target for this APU and AMD hasn't claimed that.
Judging from AMD's results, they have a very healthy GPU advantage. That chart isn't even comparing the top-dog, it's using the A6-3650, which has a weaker IMC. Of course, being company-submitted results they should be taken with a grain of salt, but AMD is definitely not in the habit of being untruthful about their testing results.
Gigabyte A75M-UD2H
The A8-3850 from AMD came complete in-socket in a Gigabyte A75M-UD2H. It's a stout mATX board with a pretty solid feature set. For an APU platform it should do nicely. Gigabyte recently launched their A75-chipset boards on their website and you can check out the full specifications and features there.
Gigabyte does a good job of making their boxes look nice, with pretty graphics plastered all over the place. It does do its job of protecting the motherboard and accessories on their way to you, so we can't fault them for a little marketing.
There aren't a lot of accessories, but there aren't a lot needed. They give you four SATA cables, a back-plate, driver DVD and the manual. Oh, and for those using one of these setups for their HTPC (a worthy goal), they give you a Dolby home theater emblem for your HTPC case.
The board itself is a nice looking combination of blue and white. The baby blue has an electric-blue look to it. Combined with the graphite gray heatsinks, Gigabyte serves up a nice looking socket FM1 motherboard.
Here are a couple more shots of the front and rear for your viewing pleasure:
Socket FM1′s cooler mounting holes are in the same position of those with AM3, AM2+ and AM2 before it. AMD is nothing if not consistent, a fact for which we thank them. If you have a decent cooler already, there is no reason to force an upgrade between sockets. Intel didn't get that memo (see the socket 775, 1366 and 1156 mess…though to give credit where it is due, they didn't force a change from 1156 to 1155).
With 905 pins, the socket itself definitely can't be mistaken for any other AMD sockets; if nothing else the keying will prevent you from putting the wrong CPU in there.
The upper left houses the power section, for which you have a 4-pin CPU power connector. That's atypical compared to a lot of enthusaist boards but is plenty for this purpose. On the right are the RAM slots as well as the 24-pin power connector, two fan headers (one at the top, one at the right), an LPT connector (interesting) and TPM connector.
You can also see above those connectors the dual BIOS chips, which is a nice touch for any overclocker.
Moving down, we have two PCIe x16 slots (one runs at x16, the other at x4) and one slot each of PCIe x1 and PCI. There is interconnectivity galore, with two headers USB 2.0 and one each for USB 3.0, firewire, front panel audio and even a COM port.
While the controller can handle six SATA 6 Gb/s devices, there are only five internal ports. The other one is an eSATA port on the rear I/O panel.
The PCIe x16 slot can be used for AMD Dual Graphics if you add one of the qualifying (inexpensive) discrete GPUs for up to a 50% boost over the discrete card alone.
Speaking of the rear I/O panel, there are tons of connectors back there. Gigabyte has conveniently labeled them all for us.
As overclockers are inclined to do, we promptly pulled the heatsinks off to see what sort of contact they made.
The MOSFET heatsink is held on with spring-loaded push-pins. While screws are preferable, it seemed to do a good job and had excellent contact throughout.
The NB heatsink was screwed on and had some of the nastiest thermal 'paste' I've had the displeasure of removing. I thought ASUS had it bad with their flaky yellow stuff. This pink gunk took even longer to remove. I'd rather have hard-to-remove solid than hard-to-remove sticky any day. Not that many people will need to remove the heatsink; it had good contact and it's not necessary to replace the TIM anyway.
There are fully 18 MOSFETs on this board to power the APU. Gigabyte uses "Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs", which they say run at lower temperatures with high efficiency. The heatsink definitely didn't get hot to the touch during testing, so there may well be something to that.
The BIOS is well laid out and contains pretty close to everything you'll need to tweak the entire platform in the MB Intelligent Tweaker (M.I.T.) menu. Conveniently, the IGX configuration (graphics) sub-menu exists both in the M.I.T. menu and the Advanced BIOS features menu.
The rest is close to common throughout most BIOSes on the market.
All in all, a solid board in a small package. It does the new platform well.
Author's Note – The original article incorrectly mentioned that there were no HDMI or DisplayPort outputs. It should not have made it through and was an error I meant to remove prior to publishing, as they are obviously there! That error has now been corrected.
Test System
Our test system today consists of today's GA-A75M-UD2H and A8-3850 APU along with some nice G.Skill RAM. The kit is that which we reviewed earlier this year, but is operating at speed and timing of the RipjawsX F3-14900CL8D-4GBXM 4GB kit that will work nicely with Lynx's strong IMC. The rest of the system consists of a Corsair VX450 PSU, a Patriot Inferno 100G SSD and a Thermaltake Big Typhoon CPU cooler.
The Big Typhoon is older but seems to do a respectable job cooling the APU. There is one important note on the PSU you choose for one of these systems – there are potentially issues with using large PSUs with a Lynx setup. The PSU to go with should be quality and sensitive to lower loads and not tuned for, say, 800-1,200W.
Lynx does overclock relatively well and there are videos out there to prove it. Unfortunately the few hours I had to try and overclock I didn't get very far. My sample just would not cooperate no matter what I tried; even settings from a person inside AMD didn't work, but I have not given up. Assuming I'm able to get this thing to overclock (a hopefully reasonable and safe assumption), I will post a follow up article with benchmark results. For now, though, we leave you with a video from VR Zone. They have the system running Linpack and Crysis 2 at the same time at a base clock of 150 MHz, CPU core speed of 3.38 GHz and GPU core speed of 900 MHz.
You should also know there are results in the wild that aren't going to jive with reality. There is an issue with the BIOS on this board (and presumably others, but I'm not sure) where you can raise the multiplier as though it were unlocked. You can also set the IGP core speed up manually. While the BIOS will set the values and the software will oblige by reading what the BIOS is telling it, performance will not change. You can set the multiplier all the way up to 47x (for a speed of 4.7 GHz), but it does not affect performance of the CPU since it's still operating at its multiplier-locked 2.9 GHz.
AUTHOR'S NOTE – See, all it needed was a little more time. This setup has been overclocked and is ready to bench. I'll run the benchmarks and write a second article on the Llano overclocking experience and results. Stay tuned!
Performance in Benchmarks
To show performance in CPU benchmarks we're going with the method you should be used to by now – relative performance. When reading the 2D benchmark graphs, the A8-3850′s time or score always equals 100%, with results from the competing CPUs expressed as a percentage of how this CPU performs. The actual benchmark times or scores are reflected below their percentage in the graph.
2D Benchmarking
SuperPi. For AMD chips all the way up to the Thuban, it only gets better than this. They just can't compete with SuperPi and don't pretend to. For an AMD chip though, Lynx does a decent job and shows its performance is roughly that of a similarly clocked Phenom II.
WPrime is much better for AMD. They always emphasize multi-threaded performance and for good reason. The A8-3850 beats out an Intel i5 655K and is rather close to the Athlon II 640′s performance numbers.
Cinebench rendering tests are more real-world than SuperPi or WPrime and give a good indication of how the chip will perform in every day tasks that take advantage of multiple cores. Lynx doesn't disappoint her, only losing to the 500 MHz-higher-clocked Phenom II x4 965 BE.
We don't have any similar-performing systems to run PCMark 7 on, but the score is very respectable, with performance numbers in line with what you'd expect from the platform.
3D Benchmarking
We were graced with a little competition from forum members Shelnutt2 and Evilsizer for the 3D portion of this review, with the most important competition being in the gaming benchmarks.
Regrettably, Shelnutt2′s results didn't make it in. We were attempting to get some IGP competition going and his poor Intel Atom processor couldn't run DirectX11 and would have barely been blips on the graphs. Nonetheless, we wholeheartedly thank him for the effort he put in!
Evilsizer's comparison was more fair, if a little over-compensating on the CPU. He was running an Intel i7 920 at 3.4 GHz and an NVIDIA-based Galaxy GT430, right at the discrete level that Lynx can compete with.
Indeed, in the first comparison – HWBot Heaven Benchmark their scores are rather close to each other. Heaven does take some advantage of the stronger CPU and that is reflected in the results.
Because the 3DMarks could be heavily influenced by CPU power, we didn't include 3DMark results from his system. You can see the results below; if you don't want to hunt around on the screenshots, the scores are in the picture captions. What you'll find is a strongly performing integrated graphics solution.
Gaming Performance – Where the Rubber Meets the Road
This is where AMD puts their money where their mouth is. Their documentation and press conversations heavily emphasized the IGP side of this APU. They understand there are stronger CPUs, but the claim is there is no better IGP on the market. Indeed, with Sandy Bridge's inability to run DirectX 11, that puts the platform dead in the water for many modern games' best graphics.
To test Lynx's gaming acumen, we ran several gaming tests. There are three data points for almost every configuration (all except one iteration of Dirt 2) – the A8-3850 running 1080P resolution, the Galaxy GT430 running 1080P and finally the A8-3850 running at 720P.
I ran them that way because let's face it – 1080P is a tough pill to swallow for an integrated graphics solution. 720P is still playable with great looking graphics up to at least a 21″ monitor, at least in my opinion based on watching these benches while they ran.
First up, we'll look at Stalker: Call of Pripyat in three different configurations. They were all run in DirectX 11 mode with three graphics detail options. MSAA and tessellation were disabled for these tests. Again, it's an IGP after all.
Color me impressed from the first bench. This integrated solution has some serious power. It kept up with the discrete solution and even beat it at low detail. When you drop resolution down to 720P it runs playable frame rates even at high quality.
Aliens vs. Predator is a bear for less powerful graphics solutions due to its tessellation and MSAA settings in its default configuration. The medium detail setting cut those settings in half as well as dropped detail levels and the low detail setting turned them off completely while dropping the detail settings as low as they could go.
So it's not a mega powerhouse. It doesn't deal well with 8x MSAA and tessellation, that's for sure. But when you turn those things off it does make a comeback. When you move to the more reasonable resolution it's playable even with some of the computing-intensive options enabled. AMD beat out the discrete NVIDIA card in every iteration of AvP.
HAWX2 and Dirt 2 are both a bit easier on GPUs. These were all run with 4x AA turned on. HAWX 2 did so well with every detail setting on high, I didn't bother with another detail setting. Dirt 2 did well at high and better at medium.
The two competing graphics solutions traded blows here, with AMD winning HAWX 2 and dropping behind in Dirt 2. HAWX 2 is playable at high detail with 4x AA on. There is some seriously efficient graphics programming going on in that benchmark.
Dirt 2 is kind of a strange beast. I watched the runs of these benches all the way through to get a feel of how it would behave when gaming. With Stalker, framerates in the low 20′s were barely playable, with obvious lag spikes. Dirt 2 had no such spikes. It was as though 20 FPS equaled 35 FPS. There was no jumpiness at all. So, despite the low- and mid-20′s FPS, the game looked surprisingly playable throughout the benchmark period. That said, it never hurts to get an additional 10-15 FPS and at 720P, the game looked just as good.
Final Thoughts and Conclusion
AMD has definitely got a winner on their hands with their A-series APUs. The CPU itself acts like a similarly-clocked Phenom II x4 CPU and the IGP…what an IGP it is. Not one to overestimate generally weak integrated graphics, this APU surprised me and is for sure no weakling.
The A8-3850 is expected to retail at the $135 price point and should arrive on the streets July 3rd. A corresponding board should run you around there or even a little less. The Gigabyte A75M-UD2H used in this review will retail for $109.99 and is available now at Newegg.
For less than $250 (the price of a lot of motherboards we review) you can get an APU and board on which to build a stout system. The combination would be perfect for an HTPC. Place them in your favorite mATX HTPC case and enjoy not only HD programming but some decent gaming. Get yourself a wireless game controller and you can have your own home-built console.
While I wasn't able to overclock it (likely my own failing due to lack of time, for which I apologize and do plan to remedy), even at stock the Lynx platform makes for a great base to an affordable budget system. AMD's Lynx definitely deserves to be Overclockers Approved.
- Jeremy Vaughan (hokiealumnus)
Huge thanks once again to Shelnutt2 and Evilsizer for their assistance with competing benchmarks!
Tags: a8-3850, amd, apu, ga-a75m-ud2h, gigabyte, llano, lynx
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- Ok, I usually document a new build, including photo's, so I'll post some nice pictures. :)Wow that's a nice looking HTPC case. Take photos and share them if you would!Origen S14V. Expensive, but it has to look nice in the lounge. I'm still waiting for delivery, but from what I hear they're very well made.It's a great HTPC solution, you should definitely enjoy it. What case are you using?No problem. You had me worried when I read that, I just bought the same board for an HTPC, but not yet installed. I grabbed the box & started reading, thinking maybe I stuffed up and bought a board without HDMI! :eek:Woah...that was supposed to be deleted from the review. I specifically remember thinking of that. Good catch, it will be pulled in a couple minutes. Sorry!
EDIT - Fixed, with an author's note where that once appeared. Thank you!"My only gripe, and it's minor, is video connectivity. I'd like to see HDMI and/or DisplayPort outputs to go along with the VGA and dual link DVI outputs."
WTF? It has got HDMI and Display porthokiealumnusWOW that's cheap.
And I just bought a 2500K :rolleyes: Oh well I want the dozer anyway.WOW that's cheap.http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD072011&cm_mmc=EMC-SD072011-_-SD071911-_-item-_-singleitem
Just thought this belonged here. Better to let those interested see it bewcause they may never venture away from the CPU section.Looking around, I found this on a gigabyte specs list:
Seems like when you want to use higher resolution it disables the other ports. Unfortunately I can't test if the DVI & VGA work simultaneously b/c the APU is on its way to another person to review another motherboard.Can the llano simultaneously display on the DVI and VGA port?
I was reading the specs for a MSI board when I came along this little snippet:
* HDMI and DVI-D can't output simultaneously.
While my A8-3850 build would be plugged to a TV for movies, I still want to have a second display for desktop use.
Otherwise I'll need to buy a discreet card.Llano overclocking article published! Overclocking AMD's A8-3850 Llano APULlano overclocking article published! Overclocking AMD's A8-3850 Llano APUGood to know, Ill get to check these out in dallas this weekend but my fusion box wont be up and running for several months, still building the case.No, it only uses the APU's graphics, there is no additional GPU onboard. Your 6670 was the right way to go. :thup:I had a question about the gigabyte motherboard in the review. I already bought one and am very excited about the build. However, the box has me a bit confused where it says dual graphics. I purchased a 6670 to go with it but I was wondering if the MOBO had a 2nd GPU onboard the way some of the mobile platforms do?Well, this platform is nice and affordable, that's for sure. Boards on Newegg start at $70, and you can get a combo deal for $15 off. :)Quoting a post from Dolk in the Bulldozer rumor thread because of its pertinence to this APU. Well put as always Dolk!
DolkYou can read about the full details of the Microarchitecture here: http://realworldtech.com/page.cfm?ArticleID=RWT062711124854
Basically what happened is this:
The CPU got a huge die shrink and tossed out the L3 Cache, but increased the L2 to 1M. Added a couple more bits here and there to increase the speed and throughput of the CPU. After that, the rest of the space was used to house a Cayman GPU with two buss lanes: Onion and Garlic. Onion is attached to the IFQ, and Garlic attached to the IMC. The GPU is made to be programmable, and talkative to the CPU. If the GPU can find data in the CPU memory banks before flushed, it will retrive it and use it. Most of the time this information is stored in the DDR3 though, but the GPU will always probe the L1, and L2 sections first.
Each core got a NMosfet upgrade so that each core can be turned off to save power. 3 PCIE2.0 lanes were put on so that communication with other PCIE devices can happen without the use of a Northbridge.
And thats about it. The Llano is not a huge progress forward. It is in the right direction and it works fantastic. Yet there are a lot of improvments that can be made, with the GPU and CPU talking to eachother. We should see this with Trinity. Trinity will be the Bulldozer based APU that houses the new 7 series AMD GPUs.
...and thus the reason for requiring tight-latency memory. You don't want to have high latency when running a GPU off your system memory unless the MHz makes up for it, like DDR3-2400 or something. Basically, it's not necessarily wise to run CL9 DDR3-1866 over CL7 DDR3-1600. This review split the difference, running DDR3-1866 at CL8, which is reasonably affordable and available. :)


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Houston Chowhound coming to Seattle
Hi hounds!
I'll be making a trek to Seattle next week (Sun-Wed, Dec 3-6) and was looking for some recommendations. I've hit some of the high end stuff over the last decade or so, but feel a bit lost on where the really good food is located these days. I figure maybe two high end meals and three really good lunches, if possible.
Off the top of my head, I've been to Wild Ginger, Campagne, and Dahlia Lounge, all of which felt a tad dated even when I went a year or so back.
A side question is drinking: any bars that ya'll would rave about, consider world class, whatever? My favorites include Shorty's (I collect pinball machines) and I'm headed to the Zig Zag for cocktails. I'm sure I'll be going out every night, staying out late, so any recommendations would be appreciated...
since you ask about bars, you should try Vessel (5th betw. Union & University; try the Vessel 75 cocktail with maple syrup foam, and the Marmalade Sour with egg white) and Licorous (12th and Marion; try the Renaissance cocktail and the hazelnut brown butter financier dessert). Although Zigzag is great, both of these newer places are a step up in swankiness and creativity imo. If you're looking for a loungier vibe, Licorous; if you're more interested in mixology, Vessel. PS. Vessel might be closed on Sundays, don't know about Licorous.
Mike, I am a Moonie for Harvest Vine. Their Spanish Tapas offer intense flavor options that you'll long remember. (Go early to get a seat at the bar; if you're traveling with companions, make reservations for wine cellar seating.) Lunch should include Matt's At The Market, Salumi and the mussels at Maximillien's at the Market. (The upstairs bar is more casual and has a great view.) The dungenous crab at Seven Stars Szechuan should be on every visitor's short list. (Wear an old shirt you're not fond of.) Nell's at Greenlake offers some exceptional dinner fare as well. Write back and let us know what you discovered and liked.
In addition to Barleywino's bar suggestions, I'd add Sambar. It's my favorite place for amazing cocktails, and it has terrific French food (mostly appetizers, though they often have a dinner like Steak Frites as a special). I just had the most delicious cardoon soup there, and a romenesco gratin was very good too. The frites are the best, But you need a car, and it's VERY small and frequently full, so weekends it is hard to get a seat (you can call first and see how full they are).
For high end search here (and egullet) for info on Mistral, Veil and Union.
For the anti-high end I second the rec for crab at 7 Stars Pepper (see the many threads about it). Their lunch menu is limited so go for dinner.
For lunch, Salumi is mandatory and I also strongly recommend you get some Vietnamese food while you're in town. Pho Bac on 7th and Jackson has the best pho, Tamarind Tree and Green Leaf for everything else. Houston's got pretty decent pho with their Viet community, but I think Seattle surpasses.
Consider Dinette for dinner on Tuesday.
I'd suggest for the high end that these places are still
delivering the goods: Union, Lark and Harvest Vine. For lunch, try Pecos Bit BBQ, Mon-Fri on So. 1st near Starbucks HQ---dress warmly to eat outside or in your car. Order the pork sandwich--medium. The mesquite chili burn is tops. Also Boat Street Cafe has good ambience and style.
re: itsonlyfood
To send a Texan to a BBQ joint in Seattle would be cruel and unusual punishment.
re: terrier
It would only be cruel of Pecos was crummy. It's not. It's run by Texans and is better than any bbq I've had in Texas. Geography is not destiny.
re: itsonlyfood
I'm a native Texan. Pecos is not bad by Seattle standards. It is not on par with a decent 'cue shack in Houston, which means it's miles below the best BBQ in Texas (for which I maintain one must travel further inland towards the Hill Country.)
re: terrier
Haha. So true. BBQ is terrible out here.
re: sheitoon
You go to Texas for steaks and BBQ. Seattle has salmon and crab. There is no BBQ in Puget Sound up to basic Texas standards--let alone Texas standouts....
Lark in Seattle had REALLY good food. It was tapas style with really good food. It was a bit pricey.
Ditto on Salumi and Tamarind Tree for vietnamese: must try. Also consider La Carta de Oaxaca for good, real mexican, in Ballard (it also happens to be pretty cheap). Eat there early to avoid the line.
Oliver's Twist (new, on Phinney Ridge) is great for cocktails; try the Fagan on their house list.
re: famouspotato
FYI, the line for Salumi is crazy. I was in line for an hour last month. You have to love salami, prosciutto, etc. for it to be worth it, I think.
re: sheitoon
The line starts to get heavy very early, but reliably dies away a little after 2:00.
I regularly eat lunch there, usually arriving between 2:00 and 2:30and rarely face much of a line, if any at all. When I know I am going to go to lunch there, I call and ask them to reserve my order for me. I almost always order the weekly specials and they are usually able to save my order for me. It is so crazy busy there, but they rarely forget and are always accomodating.
FYI the specials are real home-style Italian family dishes, where you will meet flavors and textures not at all like salami. In guess what I'm trying to say is the special-board is where they keep some great Chow, so stay alert and go late.
re: sheitoon
As much as i enjoy cured meats, i would have to agree with sheitoon on Salumi. During the week most people unfortunately cannot wait until 2-2:30pm for the line to die down to eat lunch. If they took reservations it would be another story, perhaps. Cured meat takeout from DeLaurentis market (1st and PIke) is an alternative.
re: barleywino
Another alternative, and just a few blocks away, is Big John's PFI, where a full-blown Mediterranean feast can be assembled from the cured-meat and cheese cases. Olives too.
The following is an answer the generic question, "Where can I eat well in Seattle?" I've lived here for about six years, and really like good food. Here are my choices. Other than Canlis, which requests that men wear jackets and ties, they are all "business casual":
- Canlis – New American/Pacific Northwest. On the formal side.
- Campagne – French country.
- Szmania's – Nouvelle German.
- Harvest Vine - Spanish, small plates. Business casual. Great Spanish wine list.
- Place Pigalle - New American bistro. Charming, intimate, modern
- Ray's Boathouse - Seattle institution for seafood
- Hunt Club - Continental. Gracious, cozy, very good food.
- Chinook's at Salmon Bay - Best seafood in town, great brunches.
- Rover's – French. The reverse snobs of Seattle have forced this place to pull in its horns and dumb it all down
- Lampreia – New American. Much ado about nothing in particular.
- Mistral – New American. Great meal the first time around, but I was stunned to be served exactly the same thing a year later.
- Canlis. Elegant, romatic. A fair-weather favorite at sunset.
- Hunt Club. Cozy and romantic. A rainy night favorite.
- Ray's Boathouse. A summer evening favorite.
Most misunderstood:
- Canlis. Seattle reverse snobs channel their considerable class envy at this place, accusing it of all manner of imaginary sins. Don't listen!
re: Willy3000
I have a different take on some places mentioned above by Mr. Willy. I rate these places as excellent: Champagne, Harvest Vine, Rovers, Lampreia and Mistral. This isn't about being a snob in various iterations, it's about the food. I find Ray's and Chinooks best for out of town relatives who like the view---the food is barely OK at Rays and at times lousy at Chinooks. As for Canlis, I don't care for the upsell, the parking charge in their own lot and the really high prices. It is a great place for a big prom date, though. Well, Willy, I guess this means a duel at sunrise?
re: itsonlyfood
ISF, I'll be your "second" for the duel. I view Canlis as a very expensive version of Sizzler...
re: itsonlyfood
No duel, but you might as well get the spelling correct on Campagne. No "h" in the name. Chinook's is a lunch sort of place. Stay away from the crabcakes; the sauce is too heavy. But the oysters are great, and so is any fish on the menu. You might have a point about Ray's, although I'd caution you as to the considerable difference between the restaurant and the cafe in the same building.
As for Canlis, it's petty and irrelevant to mention a parking charge. Look, the place is expensive. A good dinner with all the trimmings is going to run a couple hundred bucks per person. If you can't afford the parking, there are plenty of other choices, for God's sake. But look on the bright side: At least you didn't harp on the restaurant's preference that men wear coats and ties. That one drives Seattle's reverse snobs around the bend, and you wind up in these bizarre and hilarious conversations about old money, red states and blue states and the Russian revolution. You'd think the place was bringing back the whipping post and the guillotine.
I ought to give Lampreia another chance. The time we went there the waiter was insufferable and the food was mediocre, but everyone can have an off night.
On second thought, maybe we should have a duel over sturgeon at Chinook's.
re: Willy3000
i heard the chef and maitre'd (Rene) at Mistral are going to open up their own place somewhere, should be interesting
re: barleywino
I'm going to have to send them an e-mail and see what they're serving for the Mistral Experience. I mean, when they hadn't changed it in 15 months, I got this eerie feeling that maybe they had bought an uncommonly large lot of boil-in-a-bag Experiences. But that's probably unfair. I hope.
re: Willy3000
if you get bored with Mistral, there's always the tasting at Veil (call ahead if you want to customize the number of courses, price point etc).
re: barleywino
I'll give it a shot. It wasn't so much boredom with Mistral, it was seeing the exact same special menu more than a year later. It was like being in an episode of The Twilight Zone or something. I was shocked, I'll tell you! Shocked!
re: Willy3000
The day Mistral changes their menu is the day that it snows in downtown Seattle (doh)
re: Willy3000
Re dress code at Canlis, they are pretty lax on enforcing the jackets and ties thing, i've been there more than once with nobody in our party wearing either jackets or ties (once a person in our party wore shorts), with no reprimands whatsoever, and perfectly friendly service
re: barleywino
Yeah, I've noticed that recently. But shorts? Holy cow.
re: Willy3000
I can top that-I saw someone in a one-sie there a couple months ago. Okay, it was a baby, but still.
I wouldn't put Canlis at the top of the list for out of town foodies like the OP. I like Canlis for the service, view, and ambience. But I just had the tasting menu and was unimpressed. It was a good place to dine with picky eaters who aren't really "into" food and don't want trendy stuff like small plates.
re: christy319
Good God, a baby? See what happens when you let the standards slip?


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You made me laugh some
You made me cry some too
You sent me off into a world of pain
And made me someone new
You made all kinds of promises
But only some came true
Now I know you need me more than I need you
To think I used to love you
For reasons I don't know
You polished up my halo
And I dirtied up your soul
I sure had a good time
But we both know I can't stay
To think I used to love you but I'm leaving anyway
You know I'm not perfect
And I tried to make you see
Somehow you though of everything
But you didn't think about me
Lies and disappointment
Makes your world go round
It's to late save me so you might as well come down
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its a good song for like if you are geting tired of a relashion ship and the other one thinks its still going stong,i can relate cause it kinda hurts when you love someone and the other person doesnt .
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