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post #41 of 45
3/13/12 at 5:05pm
When I ran the Geek Bench 2 on my first gen iPad, it reported an A4, but Geek Bench 2 isn't identifying the A5X in the new iPad, but rather an ARMv7. So, Apple's new chip doesn't identify itself properly? Seems odd. I'll check this out on my new iPad on Friday.
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post #42 of 45
3/13/12 at 8:20pm
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Originally Posted by PaulMJohnson View Post

Why do we all expect a company that is not a dedicated chip company to come up with a completely new CPU every year?

In the last quarter alone Apple sold about 36 million A5 and 20 million A4 devices.
Apple is now a chip company and yes we do expect them to come up with a completely new CPU every year
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post #43 of 45
3/14/12 at 5:45am
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Originally Posted by faZZter View Post

The Wii has sub standard graphics and a so-so games library. Yes it sold a ton at first but most people don't buy any software for it except the blockbuster titles and have moved on to XBox 360 or PS3.

http://www.winrumors.com/xbox-360-to...onth-in-a-row/

You're missing the point entirely. Whether YOU think that the xbox is better is irrelevant. It's not even particularly relevant that more people buy xbox than Wii. The point is that even with inferior graphics, Nintendo sells millions of Wii devices - and lots and lots of people are happy with them.

The mantra that gaming devices must have uber-performance is just plain wrong. Not everyone wants to play the hottest, latest actions games.

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Actually that's not quite true. a 3D game on the ipad better hit 60fps, or you'll notice. It'll look like crap if it doesn't.

In your opinion and based on the "performance is the only thing that matters" meme.

What you and your 'fps rulez' crowd just don't get is that different people play games for different reasons. What are the top iOS games? Angry Birds....Plants v Zombies...Zombie Farm....Solitaire....And so on. There are plenty of good games that don't require pushing zillions of pixels.
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post #44 of 45
3/14/12 at 5:58am
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Originally Posted by Dave Marsh View Post

When I ran the Geek Bench 2 on my first gen iPad, it reported an A4, but Geek Bench 2 isn't identifying the A5X in the new iPad, but rather an ARMv7. So, Apple's new chip doesn't identify itself properly? Seems odd. I'll check this out on my new iPad on Friday.

its the 7 version of the arm instruction set.

next version will contain 64 bit instruction set. Dont expect to see a v8 until late next year.
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post #45 of 45
3/15/12 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by Just_Me View Post

its the 7 version of the arm instruction set.

next version will contain 64 bit instruction set. Dont expect to see a v8 until late next year.

Cortex A15 is a ARMv7 with 40 bit.

Won't see 64 bit in handsets/tablets for a while --- the 64 bit ARM cpu's are targeted for blade computing/server right now. The battery life would be so bad on handsets/tablets.
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