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This posting outlines how I refined a number of my RSS feeds and then aggregated them into a coherent whole using Planet.
Many different RSS feeds
I have, more or less, been creating RSS (Real Simple Syndication) feeds since 2002. My first foray was not really with RSS but rather with RDF. At that time the functions of RSS and RDF were blurred. In any event, I used RDF as a way of syndicating randomly selected items from my water collection. I never really pushed the RDF, and nothing really became of it. See "Collecting water and putting it on the Web" for details.
In December of 2004 I started marking up my articles, presentations, and travelogues in TEI and saving the result in a database. The webified version of these efforts was something called Musings on Information and Librarianship. I described the database supporting the process is a specific entry called "My personal TEI publishing system". A program — make-rss.pl — was used to make the feed.
Since then blogs have become popular, and almost by definition, blogs support RSS in a really big way. My RSS was functional, but by comparison, everybody else's was exceptional. For many reasons I started drifting away from my personal publishing system in 2008 and started moving towards WordPress. This manifested itself in this blog — Mini-Musings.
To make things more complicated, I started blogging on other sites for specific purposes. About a year ago I started blogging for the "Catholic Portal", and more recently I've been blogging about research data management/curation — Days in the Life of a Librarian — at the University of Notre Dame.
In September of 2009 I started implementing a reading list application. Print an article. Read it. Draw and scribble on it. (Read, "Annotate it.") Scan it. Convert it into a PDF document. Do OCR against it. Save the result to a Web-accessible file system. Do data entry against a database to describe it. Index the metadata and extracted OCR. And finally, provide a searchable/browsable interface to the whole lot. The result is a fledgling system I call "What's Eric Reading?" Since I wanted to share my wealth (after all, I am a librarian) I created an RSS feed against this system too.
I was on a roll. I went back to my water collection and created a full-fledged RSS feed against it as well. See the simple Perl script — water2rss.pl — to see how easy it is.
Ack! I now have six different active RSS feeds, not counting the feeds I can get from Flickr and YouTube:
That's too many, even for an ego surfer like myself. What to do? How can I consolidate these things? How can I present my writings in a single interface? How can I make it easy to syndicate all of this content in a standards-compliant way?
The answer to my questions is/was Planet — "an awesome 'river of news' feed reader. It downloads news feeds published by web sites and aggregates their content together into a single combined feed, latest news first."
A couple of years ago the Code4Lib community created an RSS "planet" called Planet Code4Lib — "Blogs and feeds of interest to the Code4Lib community, aggregated." I think it is maintained by Jonathan Rochkind, but I'm not sure. It is pretty nice since it brings together the RSS feeds from quite a number of library "hackers". Similarly, there is another planet called Planet Cataloging which does the same thing for library cataloging feeds. This one is maintained by Jennifer W. Baxmeyer and Kevin S. Clarke. The combined planets work very well together, except when individual blogs are in both aggregations. When this happens I end up reading the same blog postings twice. Not a big deal. You get what you pay for.
After a tiny bit of investigation, I decided to use Planet to aggregate and serve my RSS feeds. Installation and configuration was trivial. Download and unpack the distribution. Select an HTML template. Edit a configuration file denoting the location of RSS feeds and where the output will be saved. Run the program. Tweak the template. Repeat until satisfied. Run the program on a regular basis, preferably via cron. Done. My result is called Planet Eric Lease Morgan.
The graphic design may not be extraordinarily beautiful, but the content is not necessarily intended to be read via an HTML page. Instead the content is intended to be read from inside one's favorite RSS reader. Planet not only aggregates content but syndicates it too. Very, very nice.
What I learned
I learned a number of things from this process. First I learned that standards evolve. "Duh!"
Second, my understanding of open source software and its benefits was re-enforced. I would not have been able to do nearly as much if it weren't for open source software.
Third, the process provided me with a means to reflect on the processes of librarianship. My particular processes for syndicating content needed to evolve in order to remain relevant. I had to go back and modify a number of my programs in order for everything to work correctly and validate. The library profession seemingly hates to do this. We have a mindset of "Mark it and park it." We have a mindset of "I only want to touch book or record once." In the current environment, this is not healthy. Change is more the norm than not. The profession needs to embrace change, but then again, all institutions, almost by definition, abhor change. What's a person to do?
Forth, the process enabled me to come up with a new quip. The written word read transcends both space and time. Fun!?
Finally, here's an idea for the progressive librarians in the crowd. Use the Planet software to aggregate RSS fitting your library's collection development policy. Programatically loop through the resulting links to copy/mirror the remote content locally. Curate the resulting collection. Index it. Integrate the subcollection and index into your wider collection of books, jourals, etc. Repeat.


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BURY'S trip to Bolton in the Capital One Cup will spark memories of past encounters between the derby rivals.
The Shakers were handed the tasty first-round draw on Tuesday which will see them visit the newly-named Macron Stadium for a first competitive meeting in 12 years between the two clubs.
Shakers fans will be hoping for a re-run of a game in 2002 when Sam Allardyce's experimental side were beaten 1-0, with Bernard Mendy putting through his own net.
Wanderers have never beaten the Shakers in three home meetings in the various incarnations of the League Cup and have yet to register a goal.
Away from home they have won once and lost once – memorably turning round a 2-0 deficit in 1993 with goals from Owen Coyle and John McGinlay, eventually winning 3-0 on penalties.
Games will be played in the week commencing August 11 with televised games played on the Monday and Wednesday night.
Sponsors Capital One are also offering fans a chance to buy up to five children's tickets for a pound at all first round matches. Bolton will release details of how to take advantage of the offer in due course.
Draw in full: Oldham Athletic v Middlesbrough; Shrewsbury Town v Blackpool; Sheffield Wednesday v Notts County; Tranmere v Nottingham Forest; Leeds v Accrington; Bolton v Bury; Rochdale v Preston; Rotherham v Fleetwood; Carlisle v Derby; Port Vale v Hartlepool; Morecambe v Bradford ; Barnsley v Crewe; Chesterfield v Huddersfield; Blackburn v Scunthorpe; Burton Albion v Wigan Athletic; York v Doncaster; Sheffield United v Mansfield; Reading v Newport; Bristol City v Oxford; Brighton v Cheltenham; Coventry v Cardiff; Luton v Swindon; Dagenham & Redbridge v Brentford; Charlton v Colchester; Crawley v Ipswich; Wolves v Northampton; Yeovil v Gillingham; MK Dons v AFC Wimbledon; Exeter v Bournemouth; Stevenage v Watford; Plymouth v Leyton Orient; Birmingham v Cambridge; Portsmouth v Peterborough; Millwall v Wycombe; Southend v Walsall.

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MERVE BUYUKBAYRAK: [I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. Surat Al-Kahf, verse 72] "He said: Did I not say that you will not be able to have patience with me?"
ADNAN OKTAR: He reminds that again. I mean Allah emphasizes the fact that patience is a very crucial matter; that it is of vital importance for Muslims. People go astray when they do not have patience. For instance, one might perform his prayers for very long years and then cannot bear to continue and give up. One might strive as a Muslim for years and then cannot bear to continue and give up. Or one might bear with something for a while and then go and shoot someone, may Allah forbid, or fail to bear with it any longer and say something unseemly whereas if he were to show patience he would be saved for good and have a very beautiful life. Patience is the key concept. Allah always praises patience in the Qur'an. Patience is one of the most important characteristics of the Mahdi and it is also one of the most important characteristics of his students. Many people will betray Mahdi just because they will fail to show patience. Those who have patience will remain by his side.2013-02-18 22:04:02


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Four design leaders, including Barbara Barry, are recognized for their service and contributions to ASID
Four design leaders, including Barbara Barry, are recognized for their service and contributions to ASID.
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) recently announced the induction of four design leaders into the 2013 ASID College of Fellows. The title of Fellow, the highest honor a member can receive from ASID, is given in recognition of outstanding service and contributions to the Society, the profession and the interior design industry. The 2013 Class of Fellows will be honored on June 21, 2013, at Celebration, the Society's annual awards ceremony held at Dwell on Design in Los Angeles.
The 2013 ASID Class of Fellows:
Recognized as a contemporary design legend, Barbara Barry's "authentic American design point of view" has launched an empire of famed interiors and best-selling product lines. An ASID member for more than 20 years, Barry has been an active presence in the California Los Angeles chapter, donating generously of her time to promote and encourage the success of both the chapter and her colleagues within the community and in 2012, she was given the chapter's Lil Chain Award for Promotion of Design Excellence.
Barry has a long list of publications and accolades to her name, including 2005 ASID Designer of Distinction and 2005 Elle Décor Designer of the Year.
Julie Schulte's longstanding passion for professionalism is particularly visible in her role as an active member of the Florida Coalition for Interior Design since 1986 where she played an integral role in the passage of favorable legislation in the state.
She currently serves on ASID Foundation Board of Trustees and has served on the ASID national board, the National Nominating Committee and the Education Training and Advisory Council, and represented ASID on the IDEC board. She has also maintained an active involvement in the ASID Florida North Chapter.
A huge proponent of professional and educational advancement, Schulte speaks frequently to student audiences and serves on the Florida State University Interior Design Advisory Board. She is also active in social causes, particularly a church effort to rehabilitate indigent housing projects throughout the country.
Since designing her first independent assisted living community in 1994, LuAnn Thoma-Holec has become a leader in this increasingly relevant specialty, designing more than 60 communities throughout the United States and Canada. Driven by her abiding passion to make the lives of the aging easier, more enjoyable and more active, Thoma-Holec has received numerous awards for her work, including more than a dozen ASID Design Awards of Excellence from the Arizona North chapter for hospitality and senior living designs, and multiple awards from the NAHB 50+ Housing Awards, the National Council on Senior Housing, and Design Environments on Aging.
An ASID member for more than 30 years, she represents the Society and the profession of interior design in a positive light before many of the nation's aging and gerontology organizations, including as a former board member of the Assisted Living Federation of America.
Throughout her career, Thoma-Holec has been an exceptional presence within the ASID Arizona North Chapter, serving as chapter president, board member and committee chair on several occasions. She has also served on several national committees, including the National Ethics Committee, the ASID Aging in Place Council and the national board.
Since joining ASID as its director of finance in 2003, Rick Peluso has undertaken various roles within the organization, including associate executive director and, for the past year, CFO. Like so many organizations, both within the interior design industry and outside of it, ASID has faced economic challenges in recent years. However, due in large part to Peluso's tireless work, the Society was able to weather the Great Recession largely unscathed, and with financial reserves intact. Under his guidance, ASID has received stellar reviews in its annual financial audits for the past decade, while growing its financial reserves and increasing its commitment to member services.
Peluso's diverse job description includes working closely with the ASID Chapter Support Team, overseeing the development and implementation of crucial organizational infrastructure such as the member database and website, and guiding ASID through myriad crucial governance and financial decisions.


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The company best known for its brown trucks is going the extra mile on order fulfillment and cutting transportation costs at the same time. It all starts with an ideal location.
If Santa wanted to expand his distribution network to a centrally located transportation hub for quick, efficient reindeer access to as many U.S. cities as possible, he would likely consider the small but strategically positioned town of Hebron, Ky. That's what "Brown" did when it located the company's key logistics operation for serving the retail industry on the outskirts of Cincinnati, minutes from the Northern Kentucky Airport.
From the UPS Supply Chain Solutions Distribution and Logistics Campus in Hebron, 62.5% of the U.S. population can be reached with UPS's standard two-day ground service. The campus has convenient access to Interstates 275, 71/75 and 65, as well as to the UPS small-package operations in downtown Cincinnati. Worldport, the company's main global air hub located in Louisville, Ky., is less than 100 miles from the Hebron campus and provides a conduit for next-day air service.
The Hebron campus includes seven UPS distribution centers (DCs), comprising approximately 2.2 million sq. ft. A number of other companies, including Amazon.com and Gap Outlet, also operate DCs in the same logistics park. At the UPS campus, employment fluctuates from about 900 to 1,500 people during peak season and many operations run multiple shifts, some on a 24/7 schedule. The campus setting allows considerable flexibility for optimum utilization of resources.
Apart from its central location, the most amazing aspects of the UPS operations are the value-added services being performed for retailers and consumer-product manufacturers. Recently, UPS and several of its customers—Easton Sports,
Smart moves: In April 2004, off-price Internet retailer
UPS invested in a Zone pick-and-pass conveyor system that packages multiple items located throughout the 300,000-sq.-ft. facility into a single carton. The system reduces both shipping costs and labor costs, since employees don't have to walk to various sections of the warehouse to locate different products, and it provides flexibility to expand new product lines without increasing the amount of time it takes to prepare a shipment.
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Eager to add apparel to its product offering,
Integrating the new line of fashion apparel required another rapid rollout for the Hebron DC, which received and processed 10,000 units of garment on hangers (GOH) within a week. Subsequently, UPS developed a unique approach to picking GOH utilizing a wheeled hanging rack that has made the process considerably more efficient.
Another challenge for Smart Bargains.com was dealing with demand spikes. UPS stages hot-selling merchandise in a designated picking area for faster processing and color-codes orders by the days of the week. Orders received over the weekend are processed first on Monday morning and air-freight orders are given priority attention.
During the peak holiday season, UPS escalates the SmartBargains fulfillment to a 24/7 operation. Typically, the DC has about 84 employees dedicated to the SmartBargains area, but in the last holiday season the number of employees increased to 300.
Among the value-added services UPS provides for SmartBargains is an automated new-customer incentive program, which is embedded into the warehouse-management system. It identifies orders from new customers and triggers a "welcome" insert complete with a coupon for the customer's next order. The DC also operates an onsite photo lab where artwork is created for posting items online. Live models are hired to enhance the product images, and product descriptions are written onsite.
In addition to processing inbound freight and fulfillment of consumer orders, UPS handles returns for Smart Bargains.com. Every order ships with a return-service label (RSL) to simplify the process for the consumer, who can apply the label to the box the order arrived in and either call for a pick-up or drop it at a UPS store.
Adding retail value to suppliers' products: The UPS campus in Hebron also performs value-added services for consumer-product manufacturers that enable them to better serve their retail customers.
For Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based Becton Dickinson, an international manufacturer of medical products including basic over-the-counter supplies sold through drug stores and mass merchandisers as well as surgical supplies for health-care facilities, UPS manages the supply chain from order-taking on the front end to financial reconciliation on the back end.
"The requirements for retailers are very different than for health care," acknowledged David Kidd, director of business development, retail and consumer products for UPS Supply Chain Solutions.
For instance, retailers such as Dick's Sporting Goods, AAFES and Kmart that receive Becton Dickinson products from the UPS logistics hub may require specialized labels or packaging for their merchandise. UPS provides the fulfillment to each retailer's unique requirements. Promotional displays may also be unique to each chain, some want the product to hang vertically, others require horizontal positioning and some want it in bins.
"We've created a model that lets our customers comply with the needs of their retail customers. The advantage, for both the retailer and manufacturer, is that they can push decisions to the end of the supply chain and place orders one week out," noted Kidd. "We also process returns for Becton Dickinson. In many cases, the package is damaged but the product is not. We inspect the inventory to determine what is acceptable for repackaging. Our return-to-inventory rate is very high, and we maintain a report to identify reasons for returns so Becton Dickinson can correct any [adverse] trends."
In another DC on the UPS campus, 715,000 sq. ft. is dedicated to Honeywell automotive products for retailers such as Wal-Mart, AutoZone, Advance Auto Parts, Kmart, Jiffy Lube and O'Reilly Auto Parts.
On average, UPS ships 45,000 to 50,000 sorter cases per day and 90,000 to 95,000 full cases per day from the Honeywell facility. The two largest retail accounts receive 10 to 15 truckloads daily. Recently, the DC implemented RFID for a small number of Wal-Mart SKUs, representing less than 10% of the order volume.
"Prior to using the Hebron DC, Honeywell had six to eight plants that were shipping product to stores and it was a logistics challenge," noted Bob Alexander, senior operations manager for UPS Supply Chain Solutions. "In the first year, UPS reduced Honeywell's transportation costs by $3.2 million and increased service levels from days to hours."
"We also process returns for Honeywell, which has a generous policy where, once a year, retailers can return anything that is over-stocked," he added.
Manufacturers Easton Sports and Birkenstock USA had never outsourced to a third-party logistics provider prior to partnering with UPS Supply Chain Solutions. For Easton, the value extends beyond shipping and receiving sporting goods. For instance, UPS evaluates returned hockey sticks and records the break points so the manufacturer can identify recurring errors.
Birkenstock USA, which needed additional infrastructure to support the growth of Internet sales it was experiencing through sites such as Zappos.com and 6pm.com, turned to UPS to manage fulfillment. UPS, which began shipping product for Birkenstock in January 2007, maintains an inventory of 5,000 SKUs. Orders ship to retail stores as well as direct to consumers.
"It was very costly to ship from Germany to the West Coast, so establishing an East Coast presence through the Hebron DC reduced the company's transportation spend," noted Fallon. "One of Birkenstock's first business requirements, however, was to 'Be Green.' We recycle pallets for them and we re-use all the boxes from inbound shipments for outbound orders."
In another distribution area, UPS periodically handles athletic-equipment parts assembly for Nautilus, such as running boards on treadmills or decals applied to equipment.


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VOLUNTEERS are pictured celebrating the completion of a ten-year project to build and repair the four kilometres of dry stone wall surrounding the Hestercombe Estate.
The mammoth project, funded by a Countryside Stewardship grant, was carried out by the estates team and a band of trusty volunteers who have given up hours of their time over a decade.
Head gardener, Claire Reid, said: "This is a fantastic achievement. It is certainly the end of an era and I would like to thank all the volunteers for their hard work and enthusiasm over such a long time."
She added: "The Hestercombe charity relies enormously on the help of volunteers and we are always on the lookout for more people to get involved either in the gardens, in the office and soon in our exciting new art project in the house. No experience is necessary - just a willingness to get stuck in!'
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AMD's 3rd generation Opteron versus Intel's 45nm Xeon: a closer lookby Johan De Gelas on 11/27/2007 6:00 AM EST
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befair - Friday, November 28, 2008 - linkok .. getting tired of this! Intel loving Anandtech employs very unfair & unreasonable tactics to show AMD processors in bad light every single time. And most readers have no clue about the jargon Anandtech uses every time.
1 - HPL needs to be compiled with appropriate flags to optimize code for the processor. Anandtech always uses the code that is optimized for Intel processors to measure performance on AMD processors. As much as AMD and Intel are binary compatible, when measuring performance even a college grad who studies HPC knows the code has to be recompiled with the appropriate flags
2 - Clever words: sometimes even 4 GFLOPS is described as significant performance difference
3- "The Math Kernel Libraries are so well optimized that the effect of memory speed is minimized." - So ... MKL use is justified because Intel processors need optimized libraries for good performance. However, they dont want to use ACML for AMD processors. Instead they want to use MKL optimized for Intel on AMD processors. Whats more ... Intel codes optimize only for Intel processors and disable everything for every other processors. They have corrected it now but who knows!! read here http://techreport.com/discussions.x/8547">http://techreport.com/discussions.x/8547
I am not saying anything bad about either processor but an independent site that claims to be fair and objective in bringing facts to the readers is anything but fair and just!!! what a load! Reply
DonPMitchell - Friday, December 07, 2007 - linkI think a lot of us are intrigued by AMD's memory architecture, its ability to support NUMA, etc. A lot of benchmarch test how fast a small application runs with a high cash-hit rate, and that's not necessarily interesting to everyone.
The MySQL test is the right direction, but I'd rather see numbers for a more sophisticated application that utilizes multiple cores -- Oracle or MS SQL Server, for example. These are products designed to run on big iron like Unisys multi-proc servers, so what happens when they are running on these more economical Harpertown or Barcelona.
kalyanakrishna - Thursday, November 29, 2007 - linkhttp://scalability.org/?p=453">http://scalability.org/?p=453 Reply
kalyanakrishna - Thursday, November 29, 2007 - linka much better review than the original one. But I still see some cleverly put sentences, wish it were otherwise. Reply
Viditor - Thursday, November 29, 2007 - linkNice review Johan!
On the steppimgs note you made, it's not the B2 stepping that is supposed to perform better, it's the BA stepping...
The BA stepping was the improved form for B1s, and the B3 stepping is the improved form of the B2. BA and B2 came out at the same time in Sept (though BA was the one launched, B1 was what was reviewed), B2 for Phenom and performance clockspeeds, BA for standard and low power chips.
Do you happen to have a BA chip to test (those are the production chips)? Reply
BitByBit - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkDespite K10's rather extensive architectural improvements, it looks likes its core performance isn't too different to K8. In fact, the gains we've seen so far could easily be attributable to the improved memory controller and increased cache bandwidth. It seems that introducing load reordering, a dedicated stack, improved branch prediction, 32B instruction fetch, and improved prefetching has had little impact, certainly far less than expected. The question is, why? Reply
JohanAnandtech - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkWell, we are still seeing 5-10% better integer performance on applications that are runing in the L2, so it is more than just a K8 with a better IMC. But you are right, I expected more too.
However, the MySQL benchmark deserves more attention. In this case the Barcelona core is considerably faster than the previous generation (+ 25%). This might be a case where 32 bit fetch and load reordering are helping big time. But unfortunately our Codeanalyst failed to give all the numbers we needed Reply
BaronMatrix - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkAt any rate, it was the most in-depth review I've seen, especially with the code analysis. I too, thought it would be higher, but remember that Barcelona is NOT HT3 and doesn't have the advantage of "gangning\unganging." There was an interesting article recently that showed perf CAN be improved by unganging (maybe it was ganging, can't find it) the HT3 links.
I really hate that OEMs decided to stand up to the big, bad AMD and DEMAND that Barcelona NOT have HT3 with ALL OF ITS BENEFITS.
I mean people complain that Barcelona uses more power, but HT3 would cut that somewhat. At least in idle mode, and even in cases where IMC is used more than the CPU or vice versa.
I also may as well use this to CONDEMN all of these "analysts" who insist on crapping on the underdog that keeps prices reasonable and technology advancing.
INSERT MORE EXPLETIVES. Reply
donaldrumsfeld - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkConjecture regarding why AMD went quad core on the same die... and this has nothing to do with performance. I think one place where Intel is way ahead of AMD is package technology. Remember they were doing a type of Multichip module with the P6. Having 2 dice instead of a single die allows them to have an overall lower defect rate, higher yield, and higher GHz. This is vs. AMD's lower GHz but (it was hoped) greater data efficiency using an L3 die and lower latency of on-die communications amongst cores vs. Intel's solution of die to die communication.
Can anyone confirm/deny this?
thanks Reply
tshen83 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkSeriously, can you buy the 2360SE? Newegg doesn't even stock the 1.7Ghz 2344HEs.
The same situation exist on the Phenom line of CPUs. I don't see the value of reviewing Phenom 9700, 9900s when AMD cannot deliver them. I have trouble locating Phenom 9500s. Reply
tshen83 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkSeriously, can you buy the 2360SE? Newegg doesn't even stock the 1.7Ghz 2344HEs.
The same situation exist on the Phenom line of CPUs. I don't see the value of reviewing Phenom 9700, 9900s when AMD cannot deliver them. I am trouble locating Phenom 9500s. Reply
alantay - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThe MySQL scalability problem is not so much in MySQL as in the Linux kernel and Glibc used.
To have it scale correctly to 8 CPUs you need kernel 2.6.22.x (alternatively you could try with a 2.6.24-RC -should be a bit faster-, but not with 2.6.23.x) and Glibc 2.6 or higher.
A default Ubuntu 7.10 for example should scale well with MySQL (OpenSUSE 10.3 *might* work, but they have backported the 2.6.23 scheduler which has a scalability problem).
Thanks for the article! Reply
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkExcellent feedback.
It is a bit frustrating that once again you need some ultra new kernel and libraries to get good scalability. THat is unrealistic for people who use SLES and who rely on their support contract to get updates. Reply
MGSsancho - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkhow about opensolaris? i dont know how much different it is from solaris 10, but it should be able to scale to dozens of cores nicely. I was about to ask about oracle and DB2 benchmarks but you answered that in your article; expensive, and the oems usually publish that info.
anyways awesome article Reply
Roy2001 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI cannot find a SINGLE one, nowhere. Reply
drebo - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkNewegg has the Phenom 9500 in stock. At least, they did yesterday. I've also got a vendor I use that has them in stock. Reply
JarredWalton - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkBut Phenom isn't Opteron 23xx. Different socket, different market, and it has L3. (Does Phenom X4 have an L3 cache? Maybe I should go check....) Reply
drebo - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkYes, Phenom 9500 has an L3. But if you look at his question (in the subject line), he is asking about barcelona as a whole and phenom specifically. The answer is Yes, they are available. Reply
Slaimus - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThey may be gobbled by up Cray for that Budapest supercomputer. Reply
Regs - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI would not expect any from vendors and wholesalers until early next year.
Matter of fact I wouldn't want one until then anyhow. I would at least wait until B3 stepping. Reply
Regs - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI would not expect any from vendors and wholesalers until early next year.
Matter of fact I wouldn't want one until then anyhow. I would at least wait until B3 stepping. Reply
TA152H - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkJohan,
From my understanding, x87 is now obsolete and not even supported in x86-64. Can you verify this? I know I had read it, from your article you state that Intel improved it, so I'm not as sure. I had assumed one of AMD's handicaps was the disproportionate, and nearly useless, x87 processing power their processors carried, but now I am not as sure. Is x87 supported in x86-64, and if not, why would Intel increase their x87 capabilities when it's clearly a deprecated technology? Reply
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThe x87 instructions can be used in legacy mode and long mode. But it is true that Scalar SSE instructions are preferred by AMD and Intel.
x87 performance as many 32 bit programs are still important (look at 3DSMAx 32 bit).
If Intel's newest Core architecture would not have improved the x87 FP it would probably have looked silly as so many 32 bit programs still use it intensively. Secondly, as you can see, things like the Radix-16 circuitry are used by both the SIMD as the x87 units. Reply
Gholam - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkDo you have any plans to benchmark Opteron vs Xeon in an ESX Server environment? Reply
DeepThought86 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThis is exactly what I was thinking of too. I want to change my mode of working to run several separate VM's, one for programming, one for Office etc and really want to know how Phenom compares to Q6600 for those uses. Well, this article looks at the server versions of those chips but for VMware the performance might be more comparable than, say, SuperPi 1M benchmarks! Reply
DeepThought86 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI forgot to add, since Phenom would presumably also have the nested table support as Barcelona, how much performance improvement would this yield? I'd love to know Reply
sht - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI was about to ask the same question after reading the concluding
You may feel for example that using four instances in our SPECjbb test favors AMD too much, but there is no denying that using more virtual machines on fewer physical servers is what is happening in the real world.
Since the CPUs have features that should accelerate virtualization, it would really be interesting to see how they compete there. My only addition to your request would be to add KVM as host as well (and XEN and what not as well if you care, though I really think only KVM is of interest). Reply
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkIndeed, we are working on that. The software that we described here (http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2997&am...">http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2997&am... is being adapted to testing virtualized applications. We are also looking into the parameters that can really influence the results of a benchmark on a virtualized server. Reply
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkIndeed, we are working on that. The software that we described here (http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2997&am...">http://www.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=2997&am... is being adapted to testing virtualized applications. We are also looking into the parameters that can really influence the results of a benchmark on a virtualized server. Reply
AssBall - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThanks, Johan.
This has been one of the clearer and better proofread articles I have read here lately. It was interesting, unbiased, and insightful. I am excited to see what you get into for your next project. Reply
Hans Maulwurf - Wednesday, November 28, 2007 - linkAgreed, I have not seen an article as good as this one for years at Anandtech. And not for some time on other review sites as well.
Thank you. Reply
JohanAnandtech - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThanks people. This kind of articles take ridiculously amounts of time and I really appreciate that you let me know that you liked the article. It keeps us going. (and I mean that!) Reply
magreen - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkExcellent article, thorough and with amazing depth and expertise. Keep up the great work AT! Reply
Bluestealth - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI agree, it was a very well done article. I can't wait to see how Intel's processors preform on Hyper... errr... Common System Interface (next year?). I believe that I will be buying AMD until that happens though for any servers. Reply
Regs - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkYeah, every time I see "Johan De Gelas" I have to read it.
I like the added info on the Barc's L3 cache and the intro-factoid about the new architecture.
I agree that the Barc's arrival is a year late and joined the party a little too shy. Integer performance will likely have to be addressed in the Bulldozer in 2-3 years. Which is 2-3 years too long. I would be really surprised if they can manage anything other than a die shrink for Shanghi with maybe more L3 cache and some tweaks for cache latency and SSE.
Just seems like AMD took a nose dive in development for their processors in the past 3-4 years. After the K8 I would think they would be able to come up with something more innovative. Revolutionary should of never entered their heads and they should actually look down upon themselves for using such a word after 4 years. Reply
jones377 - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkAny chance you could use the same tools to profile desktop applications as well in the future? Reply
DigitalFreak - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkThree months or so since "launch", and you still can't get a server with AMD quad-core chips from any of the big 3 vendors (HP, Dell, IBM). AMD really screwed the pooch on this one. Reply
jojo4u - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkYuck, ugly GIF on the first page. Please use PNG because 256 colors are not enough for screenshots ;) Reply
deathwombat - Saturday, December 01, 2007 - linkIn addition to being less ugly, PNG's higher compression would also make the file smaller (using less bandwidth), which I assume is what they were going for. Reply
jkostans - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkDidn't even notice. Reply
aeternitas - Thursday, December 13, 2007 - linkThen why are you here? Details is what technology is about!
I for one have a pet peeve with tech sites that use the wrong formats in their stories. Slightly damages credibility. Not to say this is a big deal in this case, though .gif is pretty much dead, unless you use an old browser on old tech, but then why would you be reading this story?
Look on the bright side, at least this isnt a Codec vs. Codec story, where the author uses jpgs for such color-limited screenshots. Reply
SonicIce - Tuesday, November 27, 2007 - linkI think the color depth was decreased alot more than 8 bit. That image only has 33 unique colors in it. Something went wrong with the dithering maybe? 256 is usually more than enough. Reply
Justin Case - Friday, November 30, 2007 - linkWho cares? The only part that suffers is the gradient at the top, all the relevant information is there, and this file is about half the size of what a PNG would be. Reply


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I saw this idea on Pinterest and decided it was too easy not to try myself. I recently had the urge to take up crocheting, but that lasted like 5 minutes because I have really bad tendonitis in my hand from work and that did not help!
So anyway, now I'm left with various colors of yarn. We still needed to put some stuff on the walls in our room, so here is what I came up with:
-Yarn, Duct Tape, Scissors, Pins, Pipe Insulation (or whatever that's called)
-Not shown in the picture below: Scrapbook paper, matching paper and, of course, Gorilla Glue
Step 1: Cut your insulation to the size you want and form a circle, then duct tape it.
Step 2: Start the wreath by putting a small pin through the piece of yarn. I cut out 6' strands of yarn so that each color was evenly spaced.
Step 3: (not shown below) When one color is done, stick a pin through both the end of one color and the beginning of the next. Leave a little bit of slack so that the end of the yarn doesn't fray and come undone.
Step 4: When you've got all the string on, the back of the wreath should look like this. Don't worry, this is the back so none of the string transitions will show.
Step 5: Decorate! I cut the white piece of paper out on my Silhouette and used it as a stencil for some fabric. I know I could have cut the fabric in my Silhouette as well, but I'm not that much of a pro yet! I used lots of Gorilla Glue to make sure everything stayed together.
This is a view of underneath the final flowers. I glued another button on the bottom of each, then glued the button to the yarn so that there would be a solid point of contact.
Here is the final product again. Currently this is just a picture of it laying on my dresser, but some day when I post pics of our final master bedroom, you'll see that it matches the decor really really well!


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My dad has been getting treatments of cisplatin and gemcitabine since last March.He had really positive response to it and the tumors were shrinking.He started to get some side effects and the oncologist had him take a break over the holidays (since october).Over that break his cancer increased in size again,but only slightly.Dad is so discouraged. He has always been so positive.He will be starting on oxaliplatin and capecitabine for his next treatment.Anyone have any experience with these and what were the results in terms of success? Just reaching for anything right now and trying to keep him positive and informed.He feels great other than when he is on chemo.Thank you.Kathy


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As a resident of Massachusetts, Tom Brady is officially gay. I can't say that I'm surprised.
- For those of you still actively ignoring soccer, Spain won it's first World cup in thrilling fashion over the Netherlands yesterday. The win ended a long history of near misses and perceived choke jobs for the Spaniards. As someone who has long viewed soccer with the same level of respect as T-Ball (ie. a game kids should quit playing by the time they're 9), I must say that I've been converted. I genuinely look forward to the 2014 World Cup now and hope that the U.S. can build on their run this year.
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Maple Oatmeal Scones
Don't you just love Ina Garten? I have all of her cookbooks and really enjoy her style of cooking. I like her clean simplistic styling. I guess she's a lot like Martha Stewart, but nice!
Years ago I came across her ripe for Maple Oatmeal Scones. I don't make them often because of the loaded butter content, but for some reason with the cooling fall weather I was craving these scones.
Our ingredient list is: all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, quick-cooking oats, baking powder, sugar, salt, cold buttermilk, pure maple syrup and eggs.
Add one whole pound of butter. Something I found interesting in Ina's recipe is that she mentioned the use of
buttermilk to "lower the fat content". INA, come on you're using one pound of butter and eggs. Why not throw in heavy cream?
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the all-purpose flour...
...the whole-wheat flour...
...the quick cooking oatmeal...
...baking powder...
...and the salt.
Turn the mixer on to blend all of the dry ingredients together.
Grab that entire pound of butter that you have cut up and have kept cold in the refrigerator. You don't want to let the butter come to room temperature. Keep it cold.
Add all of the butter chunks at once into the dry ingredients.
Turn on the mixture until the butter begins to blend in and is the size of small peas. You want to be able to see little bits of the butter.
Leave this for a moment while you mix the wet ingredients.
In a medium mixing bowl add the cold buttermilk, eggs and pure maple syrup.
If you do not have any pure maple syrup, then don't make these scones. If you even think about pulling out your "log cabin" or "Mrs. Butterworth's", I'll come over to your house and slap you! No joke! Pitch that crap!
Unless of course you're married to the man that never reads this blog...then you have to keep a bottle stuffed away so he doesn't cry when you make pancakes. Ugh! You would just think after 31 years I could convert him. I'm talking maple syrup here.
Whisk the wet ingredients together.
Add the wet mixture into the dry mixture all at once.
Mix until just blended.
The dough will be sticky.
Dump all of the dough onto a well floured surface.
I'm using my pastry cloth...love it!
Flour your hands and gently pat the mixture to flatten.
With a well floured rolling pin, gently roll out to about 1-inch in thickness.
Cut into 3-inch rounds with a cookie or biscuit cutter or what ever you have that will work.
Place the scones on a baking sheet. Of course I like to line my baking sheets with parchment.
We are now going to make a glaze for the scones so they bake up nice and shiny with a golden crust.
Mix together one egg with one tablespoon of milk.
Mix the two together to create an egg wash.
Lightly brush the tops of the scones with the egg wash.
Place the scones in a preheated 400 degree oven. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.
When the scones are baked remove them from the oven and allow to cool for about 5 minutes. While the scones are cooling make the icing glaze.
For the icing you will need powdered or confectioners' sugar, more pure maple syrup and vanilla.
In a medium size mixing bowl, add the powdered sugar,
and the pure maple syrup.
Whisk the ingredients together until it is creamy without lumps.
The icing will be fairly thin.
After the scones have cooled for about 5 minutes, spread the maple glaze over the top.
Spread it to the edges so the glaze can run down the sides.
Sprinkle with a bit of the quick cooking oats.
Please serve them warm, because they will literally melt in your mouth (thanks to all that butter).
I love the texture of the whole-wheat flour and the oats. It gives the scone a bit of a bite.
You should have about 18-20 scones. Of course I'm going to have leftovers, because the husband that never reads this blog would prefer "Frosted Mini Wheats". (sigh) The left over scones freeze wonderfully. I like to put a left over scone in the microwave for about 15 seconds to rewarm.
Maple-Oatmeal Scones
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup whole-wheat flour
1 cup quick-cooking oats
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
2 teaspoons salt
1 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
½ cup cold buttermilk
½ cup pure maple syrup
4 extra large eggs, lightly beaten
Egg wash:
1 egg
1 tablespoon milk
1 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
½ cup pure maple syrup
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, combine the flours, oats, baking powder, sugar and salt. Blend in the cold butter in at the lowest speed and mix until the butter is in pea-sized pieces. Combine the buttermilk, maple syrup and eggs and add quickly to the flour-and-butter mixture. Mix until just blended. The dough will be sticky.
Dump the dough out onto a well-floured surface. Flour your hands and a rolling pin an droll the dough to 1-inch thick. You will see lumps of butter in the dough. Cut into 3-inch rounds with a cutter and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
In a small mixing bowl, combine the egg and milk. Mix together and brush the tops of the scones. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until the tops are golden and crisp and the insides are done.
To make the glaze, combine the confectioners' sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. When the scones are done, cool for 5 minutes and drizzle each scone with the glaze. Sprinkle with some of the quick cooking oats. Makes 14-16 scones.
Maple Oatmeal Scones a nice change for a crisp morning breakfast.
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Excuse me dear, but why on earth would you need to freeze leftover scones when you have 2 blondes standing at your front door everyday who would be more than happy to take them off your hands?!! Sigh... BTW...Jim gets a big can of Vermont pure maple syrup from his sister EVERY year! But Keith can tell you I also have a bottle of something in my pantry that will get me slapped!!! Darn kids! These look fabulous J.ReplyDelete
I want to be friends with Jim' sister. What have you got a bottle of Sue??? You drinking??ReplyDelete
I think Sue means fake maple syrup. . . gasp! How could she!ReplyDelete
I might have to stop running with her:)ReplyDelete
Wow, these look so good! And filling, too. Perfect for long days on campus :) Thanks for sharing this recipe!ReplyDelete
Thanks, Chelsea. I hope you're not too busy to try them sometime.ReplyDelete
it works and I'm so happy!! I also used the darkest maple. delicious is all I have to say.ReplyDelete
ive made these before. theyre so good. next time im gonna stir in cinnamon chips!ReplyDelete
Cinnamon chips would be fabulous. Great idea.ReplyDelete


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DETROIT - The Ilitch organization announced Tuesday it is taking a step forward with the public sector to explore the viability of a partnership to support the development of an innovative district in Detroit's downtown core comprised of residential, retail and office facilities, anchored by a new state-of-the-art, multi-purpose events center.
The Ilitch organization is supporting House Bill 5463, as amended on Tuesday, that allows the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) to continue capturing existing funds that would support a catalytic development in Detroit.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing expressed his excitement about the proposal in a statement:
"I am very pleased that the Ilitch organization is exploring another significant development project that would continue the ongoing transformation of Detroit's downtown and Midtown communities," Bing said. "A development of this magnitude, anchored by a world-class, multi-purpose events center, would be a vital contribution to a more vibrant downtown and the strengthening of our city's economy."
---Mike Ilitch
In the press release, Ilitch said his dream to turn downtown Detroit around has, at times, been a slow process but he knows it's going to happen.
"It's always been my dream to once again see a vibrant downtown Detroit," said Mike Ilitch, chairman, Ilitch Holdings, Inc. "From the time we bought the Fox Theatre, I could envision a downtown where the streets were bustling and people were energized. It's been a slow process at times, but we're getting there now and a lot of great people are coming together to make it happen. It's going to happen and I want to keep us moving toward that vision."
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Next investment in downtown Detroit
The Ilitch organization is now preparing to make another substantial investment in the development of a new residential, retail, office and entertainment district in downtown Detroit, adding to the more than $1.9 billion the Ilitch companies have already invested.
"We have a tremendous opportunity through a large-scale project to make a positive impact on our community," said Christopher Ilitch, president and CEO of Ilitch Holdings, Inc. "A project of this magnitude requires continued due diligence and a strategic partnership with the public sector. Working together we can ensure this opportunity connects Detroit's existing set of initiatives and assets strengthening the downtown core and enhancing the image of our city, state and region."
The sum of the total mixed-use development in the district, including residential, retail, office facilities and events center, is approximately $650 million, which incorporates a significant private investment supplemented by existing dollars currently collected by the DDA supporting economic development and requiring no new taxes.
Why the plan could work
"This plan makes good business sense for two reasons," said George W. Jackson, Jr., president and CEO of Detroit Economic Growth Corporation. "First, it's not a plan for an isolated, single-use structure. Instead, it builds on the clear successes we've already had downtown integrating districts that feature entertainment, and support commercial, retail and residential development around them. Second, it doesn't impose any new tax burdens; it simply continues a program for retiring debt related to economic development. It's hard to argue with that."
The building of the new district is anticipated to create approximately 5,500 jobs for the events center alone and approximately 8,300 jobs for the entire residential and commercial mixed-use district. Michigan can anticipate an estimated economic impact of $1.8 billion from the completion of this district.
Case studies throughout the country reveal the most successful districts include a public-private partnership that support a balance of residential, business, education, cultural, sports and entertainment activities embedded with public spaces.
"Leadership in communities such as Columbus (OH), Los Angeles, San Diego and Indianapolis have shown how prudently created partnerships can create new downtown neighborhoods and spur growth in the population and increase the levels of activity and vitality in central cities," said Professor Mark S. Rosentraub, University of Michigan. "In those cases, districts anchored by events centers led to the creation of financially viable and successful new neighborhoods that are economically and socially integrated."
--Detroit Red Wings head coach Scotty Bowman with team owner Mike Ilitch in 2002
While the exact location of the district has not been determined, it will be strategically located to serve some of the most underutilized areas in Detroit's downtown core, strengthening the link between Detroit's existing assets through a continuous, walkable environment connecting one district to the next and serving to improve the quality of life for residents and visitors alike.
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Passage of House Bill 5463, sponsored by Representative John Walsh (R-Livonia), will allow the public and private sector partners to begin the next steps in the process to develop the structure, scope and timeline of this economic development project.
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AMD's Radeon HD 6670 & Radeon HD 6570: Two's Company, Sub-$100's A Crowdby Ryan Smith on 4/19/2011 12:01 AM EST
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codedivine - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkJust a clarification:. I guess these don't support fp64? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkCorrect. AMD only supports FP64 on the 5800, 5900, and 6900 series. Reply
haplo602 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link6800 do not ? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkAlso correct. The 6800 series (Barts) does not support FP64; AMD opted not to include it to save on die space. Reply
haplo602 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkawww so my choices got reduced to the 5850 :-( Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkAt $150, 5850 is the obvious choice anyway (today - 6570/6670 launch day)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8... Reply
Macabre215 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkEh. If this is your price point you might as well go with a 5670. Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkNot if you want the 6xxx-series features. Reply
OzzieGT - Saturday, April 23, 2011 - linkWhy? 5670 costs only $5 less on newegg right now and it uses more power. I would rather pay the extra $5 for the newest generation card if it offers the same performance. Reply
dagamer34 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkDon't these cards do AMD 3D? That's the only reason for someone to upgrade a previous HTPC card to something with a Turks GPU. Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkYes, they do. So does the 6450, which is why I suspect 6450 is going to be the best HTPC card for most people. Reply
SteelCity1981 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkI got a 5670 and the 10% increase in performance isn't worth me spening an extra 100+ dollars on a 6670. See what AMD has in stores with the Radeon 7 series. Reply
tomoyo - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkYep, it's not for anyone with a current 5xxx. For me, I may go for this card because I want something low power for htpc + casual gaming, and it should be silence-able as well with the low idle power usage. Also hdmi will be nice with audio when connecting to tvs :) Reply
G-Man - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkRyan
Are there any plans to do articles where you "revisit" old conclusions and see if they still hold true? Like for Radeon 5670, it wasn't priced well at launch and suffered for it in the review, but after price cuts it's pretty much recommended everywhere in the price segment. It's often hard to understand exactly what Anandtech recommends at the moment, as opposed to at launch.
Thanks! Reply
tomoyo - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkSounds like one of the only useful things from tomshardware, the video card price guide. I'd say you could always look there if you want to know the best current price/performance cards. Reply
789427 - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkDing, Ding...
I enjoy both sites as both provide me with news and different perspectives but Mr Smith, kindly refrain from bad-mouthing your colleagues.
Let me provide you some insight that seems to refute Anandtech and Tomshardware *shared* claims about the latest and best in graphics...
Both sites focussed on noise as being the decision criteria for adopting one top end card over the other. Availability is more pertinent in the case of the high end cards.
To focus on noise as the deal-breaker seemed quite moot when Nvidia doesn't intend shipping 590 cards in volume.
Furthermore, a reference design at this level is simply a speed showcase - I don't for a second think that the majority of cards will be sold based on the reference design but at this level, manufacturers will listen to their client's desires (or to the noise the card actually makes and make some changes;))
In this particular instance, I was amazed at how much your opinions overlapped.
The reason that I've gone to such lengths with this particular example is to highlight what the most useful thing about Anandtech and Toms actually is - a difference of opinion that better highlights the truth often shaded by opinions and preconceptions.
Your comment above should seriously be reconsidered as I believe that as a genre, both sites have actually contributed to each other's success far more than any individual, including yourself, has.
My 2c.
Finally, about the cards... I find both fill a market. new purchasers of 1080 screen non-gamers will be satisfied with the lower offering and people that just want good performance without changing PSUs, heating a room and generally want good bang for the buck. How many people pay MSRP online? So the launch price tends to be higher... Just state the price that you'd recommend it and save us from reading the same old comments over again...
So, the 5750 is going to become an outmode as soon as the 7 series is out. and there are cards to replace it that are cheaper to make and run cooler. Not quite news but good to see in the flesh. Wasn't the real story of the 6 series that AMD finally got crossfire to scale right? ah well... Reply
Soulkeeper - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkI'd like to see the stats tables include the memory bandwidth so I don't have to calculate it myself each time I read one of these.
thanks Reply
AstroGuardian - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - link+1 Reply
Arnulf - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThis not only goes to show how much hardware has improved over time but it also gives owners of older cards, perhaps with a rattling fan or some other issues, plenty of incentive to upgrade. My X1950Pro gave up on me recently so I went for Vapor-X version of HD5770. New card is virtually silent compared to that old beast.
Keep up this practice and consider including comparable models from BOTH manufacturers ! :) Reply
vavutsikarios - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThere are 2 things I want to say, both a bit sideways the topic.
First, about the paperlaunched 6450, I dont get it. The card is for sale, retail, at various shops here 2 weeks now. Doesnt look like a paperlaunch from where I stand, and this is not the most central part of the world (i live in greece)
Second, and more important, there is an upcoming game I d like to see in reviews. I am talking about might and magic heroes 6, scheduled to launch on June 23.
There is an interesting twist about it, most probably. I mean, if the game is anything like its predecessors, its going to be much more useful as a CPU than as a GPU benchmark. I mean, you can easily play a turn based strategy while on 15-20 fps. They are enough. But when I run the 6 years old heroes 5, with all the graphics details on high, no problem there, I still have to wait for the AI to complete their turn. The game is CPU limited SIX YEARS after it was released!! Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkOur primary focus on reviews is for the North American market. I'm not sure about Europe and Asia, but in North America the 6450 does (did?) not go on sale in retail until today. It has been available to OEMs for a couple of months however. Reply
mino - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkEven ignoring your global audience, if a card was available for MONTHS in the OEM channel, calling it "paper launch" is absurd.
But; who pays, he gets. :( Reply
AstroGuardian - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - linkConsider opening an European branch. Many of us do not agree with many things in the reviews. Reply
Targon - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkIf a game is CPU limited after that many years, that hints that the game is not multi-threaded by design. Both Intel and AMD have really been more focused on multi-core designs, rather than really pushing the performance of individual cores. Yes, there have been improvements, but it has not been the real focus of CPU development. AMD looks to be working on getting the core design improved to be more competitive with Intel, but that is pretty much it at this point. Going to a 32nm CPU design should also help. Reply
vavutsikarios - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkI guess it's not really multithreaded, and even if it is, it definitely won't use more than 2 cores. Afterall, it's a 2005 game. But this is besides the point. The game is CPU limited because of its nature. It is not a design flaw or anything. To clarify: the CPU is the limiting factor not from a performance POV but from a gaming experience POV. After you do whatever you have to do you click the "end turn" button. Then you have to wait for the AI to make their move. This takes awhile. It was minutes, worst case, on the PC I had when I first played the game, it may be less than a minute on the 3GHz quadcore I use now. Still, in order to have smooth gameplay, I need this to become 100x faster. Reply
SlyNine1 - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkThats like saying ChessMaster is CPU limited. Or saying Every game out there is HDD/SDD limited. Yes you will have to wait for complexe operations, but it doesn't interfer with gameplay. Because of that its hard pressed to say its CPU limited, as It doesn't limit gameplay. Reply
vavutsikarios - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkI understand what you re saying. The CPU speed, at these levels of CPU performance, doesnt interfere with the functions of the game, that is true. But it does affect the gaming experience. Imagine having to wait a couple of hours for the AI. Wouldnt that be really frustrating? More than that, wouldnt it render the game unplayable? The way you define gameplay, having to wait any amount of time doesnt matter. So, I guess, it is a matter of semantics, of definition of what gameplay is.
In the broader sense, which, IMHO, is what matters, things like that are important. They directly affect the pleasures we make for ourselves in the precious little time we have. So, yes, obviously, Every Game out there is HDD Limited! -nice line that one :)
Btw: Chessmaster is not CPU limited, although it should be. It is not though, because having to wait for your opponent to move is part of the normal chess experience. Truth is, chessmaster moves way too fast sometimes, and sometimes it thinks a lot when what it has to do is obvious, but still. Reply
AstroGuardian - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - link+1 Reply
fic2 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkCPU limited on an i7-2600k Sandy Bridge? Or CPU limited on the cpu you bought 6 years ago to play Heroes 5? Reply
vavutsikarios - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkSee my reply to Targon above. An i7-2600 Sandy would probably be a nice improvement over my phenom2, but still a long way from not being the limiting factor. Reply
ClagMaster - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThe HD6670 is a nice upgrade for a 9600GT, both of which are 65W cards.
I beleive, based on 240GT performance, that the HD6670 has about 40-50% more performace over the 9600GT.
This card has plenty of performance for games published 4 years ago. Reply
arthur449 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkLast page, middle of fourth paragraph:
"... the Radeon HD 5770 and GeForce GTS 450 are both regularly on sale for under $100 and are easily 30% faster than the 6770." Reply
Shadowmaster625 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkNewegg has a sapphire 5750 for $103 AR
Best part is it can apparently be flashed into a 5770.
A 5770 curbstomps a 6670, by more than 50%. Reply
Jasker - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkFinally an actual comparison using an older card. I've been using my 8800 GTS 512 for years and yet to really see a game I could determine for sure was GPU bound (I have an old dual Operaton CPU). Thanks to this article I know I can almost definately see some games with todays mid range cards. Thanks! Reply
mosox - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkyou don't include the HD video quality benchmark but a load of TWIMTBP games instead.
Read Tomshardware for a decent review. Reply
Spivonious - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkAgreed. These cards are not marketed towards gamers. They will more likely be used for media playback and casual gaming, not running Crysis. Reply
SlyNine1 - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkNo, I wouldn't buy a 6670 for someone thats just going to use it for media playback. There are much better options for that. Reply
casteve - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - link"The 5570 was the ultimate HTPC card, but the 6450 has dethroned it. "
Except Ganesh is still in hiding.....so, you can't say it definatively.
I was going to say, these aren't gaming cards. Then I wandered over to the March 2011 Steam Hardware survey and found ~29% of users had 1280x1024 or less monitors. Yow.
The other humorous factoid was how the 6670 was the equivalent of the venerable 8800 GT; using 30W less in idle and half the power under load. Sort of a nice data point for progress.
But, the biggest missing piece to this article is the analysis for HTPC. How well do the 65xx/66xx score versus the 55xx/56xx/etc? How well do they implement 24fps?
Finally, Adobe is using gpu acceleration for some Photoshop/Lightroom/etc features. It would be nice (instead of Adobe's vague 'you can use your gpu card to accelerate' premise) to have some benchmarks for these lower tier cards to see what they actually do and whether a bottom end card is all you truly need for these apps. Reply
Belard - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkAgreed.
Thing is, these new cards are quite usable for people on a budget - for gaming, or to do some gaming in an HTPC, which the 6450 cannot do. I still play games on my rather old 4670.
The video quality and feature set is what makes the 6000 series better than the 5000 and of course the GeForce cards which have severe HTPC / video output issues. Reply
Spivonious - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkCan the charts with noise levels please include the noise floor of the room, or of the system without the video card installed (which I'm assuming is around 41dBA in this case)? Also, can the distance of measurement be included? I would love to see measurements taken at two distances - one next to the case and one about 3-5 feet away to get the level at a normal seating distance. Reply
Taft12 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkCourtesy of Hardwarezone (and Techconnect), here's a look at what many of the major AMD video card hardware partners have for us on release day:
Highlights (for me): the HIS fanless 6570 and that dual-fan MSI 6670! I'm sure many more overclocked and exotic cooler models (like MSI Cyclone and HIS IceQ) are on their way Reply
LB-ID - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkThe eternal question. Reply
ekoostik - Thursday, April 21, 2011 - linkI just read all the comments looking for something like this. Thanks for not letting me down. Ryan, nice TMBG reference. Reply
larson0699 - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkWe know, we know. The article immediately reads "copypasta" when I see this. *sigh* Reply
jah1subs - Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - linkPersonally, I expect my next build to be used mostly as a work (browser + Office 2010) PC (no games) and to be used sometimes as an HTPC and -- very infrequently -- a video encoder since our only child will probably be more than 500 miles away, going to college. I am cheap, especially about electricity. My apartment is all fluorescents today and I am impatiently waiting for 5000K LED bulbs.
Therefore, I may be looking at the 6570, or, more likely, the 6450. But what about the Sandy Bridge integrated 3000 graphics? Below, I have copied several paragraphs about the 23.976 fps problem from The Sandy Bridge Review, "A Near-Perfect HTPC." What is the current status of the software fix mentioned in the last paragraph? Is it available? Have you tested it?
"What happens when you try to play 23.976 fps content on a display that refreshes itself 24.000 times per second? You get a repeated frame approximately every 40 seconds to synchronize the source frame rate with the display frame rate. That repeated frame appears to your eyes as judder in motion, particularly evident in scenes involving a panning camera."
"How big of an issue this is depends on the user. Some can just ignore the judder, others will attempt to smooth it out by setting their display to 60Hz, while others will be driven absolutely insane by it."
"If you fall into the latter category, your only option for resolution is to buy a discrete graphics card. Currently AMD's Radeon HD 5000 and 6000 series GPUs correctly output a 23.976Hz refresh rate if requested. These GPUs also support bitstreaming Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, while the 6000 series supports HDMI 1.4a and stereoscopic 3D. The same is true for NVIDIA's GeForce GT 430, which happens to be a pretty decent discrete HTPC card."
"Intel has committed to addressing the problem in the next major platform revision, which unfortunately seems to be Ivy Bridge in 2012. There is a short-term solution for HTPC users absolutely set on Sandy Bridge. Intel has a software workaround that enables 23.97Hz output. There's still a frame rate mismatch at 23.97Hz, but it would be significantly reduced compared to the current 24.000Hz-only situation."
Anandtech, thank you in advance for your reply. Reply
Belard - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkFor an office/browser setup. Any current technology will work just fine. My old 2009 ThinkPad runs Windows7 pretty good with a PDC 1.8Ghz (bottom end Core2) with crappy intel graphics and 2GB of RAM.
The AMD Fusion Llano platform is pretty exciting and its not even the top-end bulldog. Its onboard graphics destroys intel and it'll help the CPU with other tasks.
Sandy bridge is very good of course, so just add a $60~80 video card and you are ready to go. Sad we have to talk about todays CPUs by their code-names.
** Don't expect an answer concerning the 23.976fps issues. Call intel on that one. intel always had and always will have sub-par graphics. Check out HOW stupid Intel is.
For the bottom end SB, it has the worst performing built-in GPU. The top-end has their best, which is still pathetic compared to the graphics built into AMD chipsets. Logic should dictate that the person who spends $500+ on a CPU, is most likely going to have a dedicated video card - DUH! Even a $40 6450 will smoke any built-in Sandybridge graphics. Its the entry level systems that need better graphics. Reply
papapapapapapapababy - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linki got 640 sp in 2009 for 99$... (4770) screw u AMD... go sell this POS to Nintendo Reply
Spoelie - Wednesday, April 20, 2011 - linkSapphire just launched an 5850 SKU ("xtreme") at sub 150$ prices...
euroland: 115€
newegg: 145$
crazy prices for the performance
don't know how long supplies will last but it launched less than 10 days ago.. Reply
Spazweasel - Friday, April 22, 2011 - linkHas anyone actually seen a low-profile 6670 offered for sale anywhere? I see only a small handful of full-height cards when I search. Reply
Taft12 - Monday, April 25, 2011 - linkNo OEM ever made a low-profile 5670 and I don't imagine there will be a low-profile 6670 either. Reply
siniranji - Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - linkactually after laying hands on 5450 lately, time for brace up for 6450, no problem, i am ready to spend some bucks on the new things. i hope this will quench my thirst for high def and 3D Reply
godsmack41 - Friday, June 03, 2011 - linkI'm getting an old Acer Veriton S670g(for 0$) which comes with a 300 watt power supply,I'm not sure that it does have a 300 watt anyway.On the benchmarks I see that it requires so about 200 watt on full load so please does anyone know for sure that the 6570/6670 would work or not.
Cpu: Intel E8300 2.83Ghz (65 watt)
Memory: 4GB ddr2
I hope that this is not a stupid question. Reply
YURBAN - Friday, January 25, 2013 - linkRead this article, enJoy
http://www.hwmasters.com/ru/articles/cgax_65724zi Reply


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