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Ironically, Google is one of the very reasons to back up my claims. Oracle basically forced Google to transition away from the usage of Java with Android....

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No, it isn't. You don't get up to a 65% performance increase out of the blue because "hardware isn't fully utilized in many places". To give...

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How is that quote remotely relevant to my statement? I didn't question if there should be an improvement, I'm suspicious as to why there is so much of...

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I see your point, but I beg to differ, for 3 reasons:
1. Java doesn't need to die - it has potential (as this article has proven) but Oracle's negligence...

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Java to me is like a 30-year-old person: their body is overall dying faster than it is rebuilding, but the rate is so slow that the person is still able-bodied...

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So the real question is: does this have any measurable performance loss, and if so, how often?

I wonder if perhaps this would have a greater...

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These are not minor improvements. Makes a little suspicious - is there a good reason there's so much of an improvement?

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You do realize these Opterons were designed to compete against Xeons based on Core2, right? Nehalem meanwhile was released shortly after; the hyper-threading...

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I figure this would have a much bigger performance improvement in Crossfire (in the event it ever becomes implemented).

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Yes, I'm aware how 3D movies work - my point is they're currently not a great experience in VR because there are no players that support head rotation....

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Is that the regular Fury or Fury X? I'm a bit surprised a regular Fury would perform so closely to a Vega 56.

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Damn, I was not expecting this. AMD's 64 threads often outperforming 80 of Intel's. Epyc may have a higher base clock, but the Xeons have a higher turbo....

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Normally I'd agree, but you have to keep in mind this is an ARM platform, and a phone. Installing ARM is relatively difficult compared to x86. Installing...

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I sure am glad I didn't invest in this phone. Though I prefer KDE over Gnome, I wouldn't want to be a backer to something, only to find they changed...

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I was thinking the opposite. I would argue one of the reasons to go for Nvidia is because of how well they maintain outdated hardware. Nvidia (to my...

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Haha I hear you on the middle-mouse paste. That's been driving me nuts. But, the KDE devs seem to be pretty good about keeping up with inputs and Wayland....

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Note: for whatever reason my first post was unapproved.


Is your battery life any better in Windows? Because if not [much], whatever...

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Unfortunately for me and my Biostar board, I don't think I'll be getting this update for another month or two, if ever. But, though my CPU is affected...

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Does your laptop battery suck specifically in Linux? Because if it's not really any better in Windows, Goede can't improve it further.

I'd...

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I never felt CPU usage was that bad to begin with. RAM usage I would appreciate being lower.