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Thoughts on the new VIA chip?
Anyone going to pick one up?
>>54537484
what?
>>54537497
They made a new quad core processor, single die this time and 28nm.
X86, avx2, etc.
>>54537653
why? whats the point?
>>54537672
Why not?
>>54537672
pushing boundaries, entering new markets, profit
>Ashes of the singularity
meh game, move along.
>>54537794
>not wanting to see dx12 scaling on the c4650
Koolbeenz war is dis?
>>54539399
What?
>via isn't dead
huh
The new quad cores are decent, from the benchmark they look core 2 duo / celeron g1840 tier. I don't see why not
>>54539799
I know right
>>54539822
Where to buy?
Given VIA have historically been making embedded chips this new one - if these charts are accurate - is pretty powerful for them.
>>54537484
>>54537701
>>54537808
>>54537991
>gayming performance on an embedded CPU nobody will use for gaymes
who gives a fuck
>>54540638
Will we finally see some competition for amd and Intel? Even if only athlon 5350/Pentium tier, it'll be nice to have extra options available.
>>54540805
Unlikely - VIA is absolutely tiny and hasn't attempted to take on AMD for over a decade.
>>54540827
I wish they would. If they can match the athlon 5350 in price then they've got a customer in me.
>>54541145
Even if the cpu power is there - who the hell is going to make a motherboard for it?
>>54541256
VIA?
Intel make their own motherboards.
>>54541256
>>54541301
Or an embedded micro atx board so I can have my expansion slots
>>54540802
>Cinebench is gaymes
Ok.
>>54541307
Still, thats going to require some hefty overhead if they are aiming to supply consumers. Half of the reason why VIA still remain is business is they basically only do semi-custom work.
>>54537653
>28nm
>2011 tech
Why?
Cool CPU though
>>54541383
Probably cheaper to manufacture
>>54541332
Isn't it a sinking ship currently?
To Earn money you need to spend money.
>>54541392
>To Earn money you need to spend money.
Well yes but therei sa difference between building X units of your chip and mobo when you have a buyer lined up compared to building X amount and have them sit in newegg/amazon/whatever warehouse for months hoping someone stumbles upon it.
>>54541422
Well, they could try seeing if any OEM was interested in a budget desktop using their chips and boards?
>>54541558
Or maybe make devices with prexisting itx boards and ship them directly?
Will need some r&d but not too much
>>54541558
With the sort of money Intel throws around as well as AMD pushing their apus to OEMs VIA is going to have one hell of a time finding a buyer given how (relatively) slow their chip is.
>>54541392
>Probably cheaper to manufacture
I do not see price of that VIA CPU+Mobo
>>54541857
Good point.
How much will it cost?
>>54537484
>VIA
What am I, some poor fucking chink?
