VIA’s Isaiah CPU can play Crysis - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 24th Jan 2008, 11:39

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/01..._play_crysis/1

VIA has just announced its next-generation CPU architecture for UMPCs. It's known as the Isaiah architecture and it was demonstrated running Crysis fairly well...

chicorasia · 24th Jan 2008, 12:03

Could Via be the new AMD?

Of course, they still have a long way to go to become a full-fledged CPU manufacturer, but they seem to be going the right way...

DXR_13KE · 24th Jan 2008, 12:32

i wonder how these compare to other manufacturers in terms of speed/price/electric bill.....

p3n · 24th Jan 2008, 12:45

Would be nice to have another proper desktop CPU, to force intel to actually keep innovating instead of just riding infront of AMDs slow and jittery curve.

TreeDude · 24th Jan 2008, 13:23

Paired with an 3450 and a WD green HD and it sounds like you would have a very nice low power media center PC. I will be keeping my eye on these.

Kamakazie! · 24th Jan 2008, 13:38

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Originally Posted by TreeDude

Paired with an 3450 and a WD green HD and it sounds like you would have a very nice low power media center PC. I will be keeping my eye on these.

I said the exact same thing over at Hexus except without the WD drive... i'd put a nice 8gb SSD in there for the OS too

Nix · 24th Jan 2008, 14:52

If i remember correctly wasnt Intel trying to force them out of the CPU market by only renewing their license to make chipsets for Intel CPU's (a lot of via's revenue comes from this).

Im glad theyre still in the game and it would be great for a 3rd party to get into the CPU manufacturing industry. Will mean only good things for us the consumer.

This chip does look really nice, and i really like the fact that theyve kept the same pin configuration so its compatible with the previous CPU's. If VIA did become a serious CPU player and they kept this mantra that they would keep pin configurations for longer, i can see them selling a lot of CPU's... especially where office PC's and the like are concerned as if makes them more future proof then the competition.

Tyinsar · 24th Jan 2008, 18:45

I've said it before but:
AMD + ATI
Intel + Intel
Via + Nvidia? It would be interesting to see what they could do for each other.

zhangmaster12 · 24th Jan 2008, 20:09

hmmm is this better than core 2 mobile lineup?

man i really hope amd makes it back :\

Kipman725 · 24th Jan 2008, 23:23

if the perforamance figures are acurate that means that there fastest CPU's are now fast enough for me :O some very neat design work done by the centar people. I wonder what kind of price premium there will be over the C7?

DXR_13KE · 28th Jan 2008, 22:40

i wonder if they will fit these into their pico itx platforms.......

Tyinsar · 28th Jan 2008, 23:36

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Originally Posted by DXR_13KE

i wonder if they will fit these into their pico itx platforms.......

imagine that with a 16x PCIe slot and a 3870 X2

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24th Jan 2008, 12:03	#2
chicorasia Multimodder Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 83	Could Via be the new AMD? Of course, they still have a long way to go to become a full-fledged CPU manufacturer, but they seem to be going the right way...

24th Jan 2008, 12:45	#4
p3n Hypermodder Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 731	Would be nice to have another proper desktop CPU, to force intel to actually keep innovating instead of just riding infront of AMDs slow and jittery curve.

24th Jan 2008, 13:23	#5
TreeDude Multimodder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 238	Paired with an 3450 and a WD green HD and it sounds like you would have a very nice low power media center PC. I will be keeping my eye on these.

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28th Jan 2008, 22:40	#11
DXR_13KE Madeira's banana is the best!!! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Madeira ; Portugal Posts: 6,461	i wonder if they will fit these into their pico itx platforms....... __________________ *Renegade X - 0.40 Release!* <---- CLICK!