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Review: CyberPower Liquid i7 Charybdis | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 19:00

Sat inside this fairly non-descript, squat little case is one monster of a PC. Seriously, I've never wanted a pre-built computer more. Kudos to CyberPower, then, for bringing us a rig for under £2,000 that puts everything else we've tested previously to shame. And that's including machines costing well over a grand more. So what makes this jumble of silicon and wiring such a desirable beast? In ...

ASRock 890FX Deluxe: Comprehensive Motherboard Review & Investigation of Thuban Performance Scaling | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 17:36

We kick off our long overdue focus on AMD with an in-depth review of ASRock's 890FX Deluxe 4. Landing with an MSRP of $180, the Deluxe 4 slots in between the very best 890GX motherboards and the enthusiast 890FX based offerings. Have ASRock done enough to draw our attention away from the cheaper 890GX based ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 (circa $150)? It's a close call; the M4A89GTD Pro is the better ...

Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU Cooler | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 13:36

Corsair takes a mix of the H50 with some customer input and delivers us the latest in AIO water cooling with the Hydro series H70.

Toshiba Satellite A660D-ST2G01: AMD's Quad-Core Phenom II P920 Joins the Mobile Party | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 11:36

We've looked at AMD's slightly older Tigris platform in the form of their M300 and M600 processors. While performance of those parts was better than previous AMD designs, Intel still maintained a healthy lead in performance and battery life. That wasn't too surprising, and the far more pertinent question is what the new Danube and Nile parts bring to the table. Having taken Nile for a spin and ...

AnandTech 2010 Server Upgrade: The CPUs | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 5:36

Years ago I used to publish a series of articles called Behind AnandTech. We'd occasionally do a massive server upgrade and I'd publish detailed specs, shots and info about the upgrade as we went along the process. I believe the last one I published was our move to Athlon MP processors back in 2001. Since then we've had a number of upgrades, bringing our total server count up to 28. We run a mix ...

AMD retires ATI brand to focus on VISION | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 3:48

ATI has been synonymous with two things, red and graphics cards. When ATI was acquired by AMD in 2006 the naming of the company cards become a bit fuzzy even if the brand ATI lived on. AMD has now decided that he time has come for ATI to retire to finally gather all products under AMD.

ME4ME hits 6.23 GHz with Core i5 661 on mini-ITX | Posted on: 31/08/2010 @ 2:12

Overclocker profile Henry "ME4ME" de Kruijf did some overclocking before the camera earlier on and in the camera focus was a rather irregular overclocking platform. A new test system with the mini-ITX motherboard Gigabyte GA-H55N-USB3 was used to overclocked Core i5 661 to 6.25 GHz.

ASUS P6X58D-E (Intel X58 Express) Motherboard | Posted on: 30/08/2010 @ 23:36

Heading back into the world of the X58 chipset, we look at one of the top end mainstream boards from ASUS.

SilenX iXtrema EFFIZIO EFZ-120HA4 Extreme Silent CPU Cooler | Posted on: 30/08/2010 @ 15:36

SilenX's iXtrema EFFIZIO EFZ-120HA4 Extreme Silent CPU Cooler is quite a mouthful. Let's see if it's a name to remember!

Farewell to ATI, AMD to Retire the ATI Brand Later this Year | Posted on: 30/08/2010 @ 10:00

    Four years ago AMD did the unthinkable: it announced the 5.4 billion dollar acquisition of ATI in a combination of cash and stock. What followed was a handful of very difficult years for AMD, an upward swing for ATI and the eventual spinoff of AMD’s manufacturing facilities to GlobalFoundries in order to remain profitable and competitive. In the years post acquisition, many ...

Review: MSI FX600 | Posted on: 28/08/2010 @ 17:36

MSI's FX600 is aimed at those after design, usability and performance from their laptop. Ahead of its full release we were given a look at a pre-production model and, assuming a few minor issues are ironed out before final release, this could be an attractive option. Our main issue is with the keyboard. The isolated keys are nicely spread out, but the amount of flex evident across the board is ...

Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 27/08/2010 @ 15:00

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 95W CPU review | Posted on: 27/08/2010 @ 12:36

We stack up the reasons for buying this chip.

ASUS M4A89TD PRO/USB3 (AMD 890FX Chipset) Motherboard | Posted on: 27/08/2010 @ 11:36

Shifting gears from ITX sized motherboards, we head back to an AMD 890FX board from ASUS with all the bells and whistles.

Intel Comes Up With An Alternative To Bringing Back UMS | Posted on: 27/08/2010 @ 0:36

The Intel Linux driver has been challenged by stability problems and other issues for owners of i8xx hardware since they rolled out kernel mode-setting and Graphics Execution Manager (GEM) support with UXA 2D acceleration more than a year ago. There were initial problems for other Intel users as well when switching to this overhauled driver stack -- to the point that it killed the netbook ...

AMD to show Fusion APU at IFA in September | Posted on: 26/08/2010 @ 23:48

AMD revealed details on the new Bulldozer and Bobcat microarchitectures earlier this week. New rumors says that AMD is planning to show the Fusion APU, most likely Ontario, at IFA 2010 in Berlin, Germany.  

Intel Medfield on par with ARM for energy efficiency | Posted on: 26/08/2010 @ 1:12

Intel will launch the Medfield platform next year, to tackle the ultramobile market and bring the Atom family to new levels of performance. The processor giant not only claims better performance but also better energy efficiency than ARM.

Intel's Patches Proposed For Adding Legacy UMS | Posted on: 25/08/2010 @ 21:00

Back in July we reported on driver work done by Intel's Chris Wilson to add back user-space mode-setting support to the Intel X.Org DDX driver (xf86-video-intel) to allow those with older Intel (i8xx) chipsets where kernel mode-setting can be buggy to at least have a decent experience with UMS. Intel was quick to strip out user mode-setting support from their X.Org driver once their KMS support ...

AMD Bobcat & Bulldozer Hot Chips Presentations Online | Posted on: 25/08/2010 @ 10:24

Yesterday we published our coverage of AMD's Bobcat and Bulldozer architecture disclosures. If you haven't had a chance to read the piece or haven't been following AMD for the past few years: Bobcat is AMD's new low power architecture, while Bulldozer is targeted at high end desktops and servers. Both are due out sometime in 2011 and both promise a lot. Now that AMD has completed its ...

Intel, Nokia researching mobile 3D interfaces | Posted on: 25/08/2010 @ 1:00

Processor giant Intel and mobile phone giant Nokia has announced a joint research laboriaty at Uleåborg University, Finland. The research will primarily revolve around the mobile operating system MeeGo, but focus on 3D.

Nokia and Intel announce joint ’3D mobile’ research lab | Posted on: 24/08/2010 @ 20:36

Nokia and Intel recently teamed up for Meego and it seems the partnership between the two companies is set to be long term. Today they announced a new research lab in Oulu, Finland. The Intel and Nokia ‘Joint Innovation Center’ is part of the University of Oulu and will now be home to around … [...]Nokia and Intel announce joint ’3D mobile’ research lab is a post from: UK Gadget and ...

Intel & Nokia Partner to Research 3D Mobile Interfaces | Posted on: 24/08/2010 @ 13:00

Here at AnandTech, we’ve been talking for a considerable time about Intel and Nokia’s joint collaboration in the mobile space on the MeeGo mobile operating system. Today, the two companies have announced another partnership aimed at improving MeeGo’s potential for competing against Android and iOS - a joint research program tasked with creating new mobile user experiences. Intel and ...

Toshiba T235D: AMD's 2010 Ultrathin "Nile" Platform | Posted on: 24/08/2010 @ 9:24

We've been looking forward to testing AMD's Nile Ultrathin platform since the first press releases went out. It's no secret that AMD's mobile offerings have trailed in performance and battery life for quite a while; in fact, pricing has been just about the only area where AMD could compete with Intel's mobile juggernaut. Nile—as well as the higher performing Danube platform—are supposed to ...

Silenx Effizio EFZ-80HA2 Compact CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 22/08/2010 @ 4:12

The CPU cooler is probably one of the most important parts of your system, and a lot of people just deal with the stock cooler. A cool CPU is a happy CPU, but most decent coolers are large and they just won't fit in all cases, especially if you want to use a microATX case or maybe an HTPC case. A small cooler is what you need, and the one I have today might be perfect for a situation where a ...

Fusion-io ioDrive Duo reaches 1.28TB and 285000 IOPS | Posted on: 21/08/2010 @ 4:24

Fusion-io continues to deliver some of the most impressive Solid State storage solutions and the new  ioMemory Module takes things up a notch with support for 3x-nanometer MLC memory chips for improved performance and twice the capacity.

Dual-core 1.5 GHz Snapdragon CPU before the end of the year | Posted on: 21/08/2010 @ 3:24

Qualcomm had a big break with its ARM-based Snapdragon chip for smartphones. The successor is expected to appear soon sporting dual processor cores and clock frequencies up to 1.5 GHz, before the end of the year actually.

AMD gaining mobile CPU market shares | Posted on: 21/08/2010 @ 3:00

AMD is currently completing its latest mobile processor platform Ontario. The goal is to improve its presence in the mobile segment, which it actually already has according to new reports covering Q2 2010.

ASRock Core 100HT NetTop | Posted on: 20/08/2010 @ 20:00

Last summer we reviewed the ASRock NetTop ION 330, which was the first Atom-powered NetTop computer that had come out of this vendor known for their affordable motherboards. The NetTop ION 330 combined an Intel Atom 330 CPU with NVIDIA's ION platform to provide a low-power PC while offering modest computing and graphics capabilities. Earlier this year we then reviewed the ION 330HT-BD, which was ...

Intel to Acquire Antivirus Giant McAfee | Posted on: 19/08/2010 @ 23:00

Intel, the world’s largest maker of computer processors, on Thursday announced news that shocked the tech world. The firm would be acquiring antivirus software vendor McAfee at a price of $48 USD per share, for a total acquisition price of $7.68B USD. Assuming the deal receives Federal Trade Commission approval, McAfee would become an Intel subsidiary, folding [...]

The OpenSolaris-Based Nexenta Core Platform 3.0 Released | Posted on: 19/08/2010 @ 19:24

Last week we found out that Oracle is killing off OpenSolaris and that there will no be OpenSolaris 2010.xx release as we've been waiting on for months, their Solaris code-base will be developed behind closed-doors, and only after the enterprise Solaris release will there be a "Solaris Express" release intended as the replacement to OpenSolaris. Though derived from the OpenSolaris code-base there ...

Intel, Micron present 25nm TLC NAND flash | Posted on: 19/08/2010 @ 1:48

The market for flash memory is hotter than ever and the development is moving forward at an almost unhealthy pace, both to increase capacity and performance, but also to lower costs. Intel and Micron has now presented a great leap in flash-based storage, namely TLC-NAND or Tripel Level Cell.

Intel och Micron presenterar 25nm TLC NAND flash | Posted on: 18/08/2010 @ 16:24

Marknaden för flashminnen är hetare än någonsin och det jobbas förbrilt med att förbättra tillverkningen av minneskretsar, både för att öka kapaciteten, prestandan och att sänka kostnander. Intel och Micron presenterar idag ett stort framsteg inom flash-baserad lagring, nämligen TLC-NAND eller Tripel Level Cell.

Intel's GLSL2 Branch Is Merged To Mesa Master | Posted on: 17/08/2010 @ 12:24

As we reported last month, Intel's Open-Source Technology Center developers responsible for working on their open-source Linux graphics stack has been wanting to merge their GLSL2 shader compiler into the mainline Mesa code-base by the end of August so that it can be released as part of Mesa 7.9 by the end of this quarter. Over the night this milestone was hit and the GLSL2 compiler is now in ...

AMD sponsor software developers before APU launch | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 19:36

AMD has announced that ATI Stream SDK v2.2 enables support for the next generation computing technologies found in APU (CPU with integrated GPU). The development platform from AMD, Stream SDK, now delivers a whole bunch of tools for developers including OpenCL v1.1.

ASUS uses Ontario Fusion in mini-ITX HTPC board | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 19:36

ASUS is working to broaden its assortment of mini-ITX solutions. The most interesting solution for HTPC systems today. The company is now said to be working on a model using the mobile AMD's Fusion Ontario APU with integrated DirectX 11 graphics circuit.

Thermaltake Frio CPU Cooler | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 17:24

Today we have a cooler from Thermaltake on our test bench bursting at the seams with potential. It sure looks the goods, but can it handle our TECC without much of a sweat?

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 Living Review Under Way! | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 14:25

  We have embarked on another mammoth living review.  It's Gigabyte's turn under the spotlight this month with their flagship AMD offering, the GA-890FXA-UD7.  Over the coming weeks, Chris will put the UD7 through its paces, but how will it perform?  Read on to find out...

Corsair H50 CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 16/08/2010 @ 14:25

  Today we're taking a rather belated look at Corsair's H50 liquid CPU Cooler, this is part of their Corsair Hydro Series™ of products which offers...

Intel Sandy Bridge Roadmap Leaked | Posted on: 14/08/2010 @ 19:12

German Tech site Comuterbase.de recently published an article showing 'leaked' Intel roadmaps for the Sandy Bridge based desktop and mobile CPUs and the new chipsets. A new range of i3, i5 and i7 chips is revealed, as well as some special 'K', 'S' and 'T' series chips.Intel Sandy Bridge Roadmap Leaked is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts:Intel to ...

Intel's 2D Performance With X.Org Server 1.9 | Posted on: 13/08/2010 @ 23:36

X.Org Server 1.9 is set to be released as soon as next week, has already been pulled into Ubuntu 10.10, and is part of the X.Org 7.6 katamari. While X.Org Server 1.9 does not bring many exciting end-user changes like previously releases that introduced RandR 1.2, Multi-Pointer X / X Input 2.0, and other new technologies, there are plenty of bug fixes and other minor improvements throughout the X ...

STMicroelectronic pair dual-core Cortex A9 with DDR3 | Posted on: 13/08/2010 @ 5:24

Cortex A9 will be available in a variety of costumes over the coming year. STMicroelectronic has presented the SPEAr1300 CPU that will be the world's first dual-core Cortex A9 microprocessor with DDR3 interface.

Leaked Intel roadmap reveals armada of Sandy Bridge-processors | Posted on: 13/08/2010 @ 4:24

Intel is expected to launch the new processor architecture Sandy Bridge at CES 2011 starting January. Focus is primarily on stationary systems in the mid-range segment, but also the mobile market. A roadmap showing 20 or so models have now leaked.

AMD Releases New Stream SDK For Linux With OpenCL 1.1 | Posted on: 13/08/2010 @ 1:24

AMD has released a new ATI Stream SDK this morning and, among other improvements, it features OpenCL 1.1 support. The OpenCL 1.1 specification was released by the Khronos Group back in June as the first major update to the Open Computing Language since it's original draft in 2008...

Intel Core i7 875 K Performance und Overclocking | Posted on: 12/08/2010 @ 19:48

Mit den Prozessoren aus der "K-Serie" hat Intel nun auch erforderliche CPUs mit freiem Multiplikator im Angebot. Dies war ein Markt, den man bis dato AMD überlassen hatte, was sich nun aber ändert. Dementsprechend gespannt sind wir wie dies CPU abschneidet nicht nur betreffend Performance mit Referenztakt sondern vor allem auch betreffen Overclocking.

Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD7 Living Review Under Way! | Posted on: 12/08/2010 @ 19:26

  We have embarked on another mammoth living review.  It's Gigabyte's turn under the spotlight this month with their flagship AMD offering, the GA-890FXA-UD7.  Over the coming weeks, Chris will put the UD7 through its paces, but how will it perform?  Read on to find out...

Corsair H50 CPU Cooler Review | Posted on: 12/08/2010 @ 19:26

  Today we're taking a rather belated look at Corsair's H50 liquid CPU Cooler, this is part of their Corsair Hydro Series™ of products which offers...

Core Temp Updates | Posted on: 12/08/2010 @ 19:25

Core Temp 0.99.7.7 and the Core Temp Gadget 2.3 have been released. Core Temp Updates is a post from: Overclockers - The Performance Computing Community Related posts:Core Temp 0.99.7.3 Released Core Temp 0.99.7 Released ABIT KT7 CPU Temp Accuracy

LLVMpipe With Intel's GLSL2 Compiler | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 19:00

Last month we tested out Intel's new GLSL compiler for Mesa when running the ATI Radeon classic Mesa and Gallium3D drivers to see how this GL Shading Language compiler designed by Intel employee's for their hardware and open-source driver work for the other open-source drivers, since all of the Mesa drivers will be affected once this "GLSL2" compiler is merged into the Mesa code-base by month's ...

Intel shows Larrabee-related Knights Ferry | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 3:12

Intel decided to put the retail version of Larrabee to rest, but the architecture that is built on a large amount of x86 cores lives on and is now about to enter the server space with the Intel MIC architecture and Knights Ferry.

AMD SWAT team hunting Fermi on YouTube | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 2:36

AMD has, unlike Intel and NVIDIA, been pretty neat in its public marketing. Now that a new commercial for for its ATI Radeon graphics cards has been published it is literally taking aim for Fermi by mocking its power consumption and heat development.

AMD Gets Back To Working On The Geode Linux Driver | Posted on: 11/08/2010 @ 1:36

Martin-Éric Racine has just announced the release candidate of the X.Org Geode 2.11.9 driver in preparations for the X.Org 7.6 Katamari. The AMD Geode driver is not to be confused with the AMD/ATI Radeon drivers for Linux, but rather this is the driver Geode GX and Geode LX embedded SoC such as what's used by the One-Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. When announcing this driver, Martin-Éric has ...

ASRock 880G Extreme3 & 890FX Deluxe3 | Posted on: 10/08/2010 @ 20:00

Last week we examined the ATI Radeon HD 4250 integrated graphics performance found with the AMD 880G chipset introduced a few months back. We found the performance of the 880G IGP to be not that different from the higher-end AMD 890GX chipset when using the proprietary Catalyst driver, but today we are looking more at the 880G chipset along with the 890FX chipset as we review the ASRock 880G ...

Review: Chillblast Fusion Magnum | Posted on: 10/08/2010 @ 17:49

There is now a certain set of components that make up what is pretty much the perfect sub-£2,000 gaming PC. You need a mid-price Core i7 of the X58, LGA 1366 ilk, a decent oveclocker's mobo and either a HD 5970 or GTX 480. Get all those into one chassis, with an optional SSD, and you're laughing. Well, so long as you can squeeze the price down below that of the 3XS Cyclone from Scan we checked ...

AMD promises good graphics performance with Fusion | Posted on: 10/08/2010 @ 3:12

AMD continues to feed us with information on coming products and it has now revealed some bits and pieces on the graphics performance of the coming Fusion processors. According to AMD, Fusion will offer graphics performance on par with the current discrete graphics circuits, but perhaps not be an alternative for serious gamers.

Corsair Hydro Series H70 CPU cooler review | Posted on: 10/08/2010 @ 0:00

CPU cooler showdown: Hydro H70 vs. Hydro H50 vs. Noctua NH-D14 vs. Prolimatech Megahalems.

TI First to License ARM's Next-Generation Eagle Core | Posted on: 09/08/2010 @ 22:00

In our smartphone and tablet reviews we make sure to spend a good amount of time talking about the silicon powering these devices. There’s no reason that handset and tablet manufacturers shouldn’t be held to the same standards as the PC vendors we’ve worked with for years.  Today the fastest phones are either based on ARM’s Cortex A8 core or a similar architecture as in the case of ...

Review: ASRock 890FX Deluxe 3 | Posted on: 09/08/2010 @ 17:48

The ASRock 890FX Delexe 3 is a high end board for mid-range money, what's not to like? That's what Asrock hopes you'll think when you clock the 890FX chipset and a £125 sticker. But does this performance-orientated board deliver? If you're in the habit of tag-teaming multiple graphics cards, Asrock has the bases covered with a trio of PCI Express graphics slots and has gone to town on the ...

Intel's GEM-Free UMS Driver Still Doesn't Fix Things | Posted on: 09/08/2010 @ 12:12

Towards the end of last month we reported on GEM-free UMS support for the Intel driver that was worked on by Intel's Chris Wilson to hopefully address the stability issues and other problems that have challenged owners of old Intel i8xx hardware running the newer Intel driver stack, which is presently limited to kernel mode-setting support with GEM (the Graphics Execution Manager) memory ...

ASRock Core 100HT-BD HTPC (Intel Core i3) | Posted on: 07/08/2010 @ 16:00

ASRock now has a long standing history of producing solid nettop systems. But what about the new Core 100HT-BD HTPC? We investigate!

Intel Settles With the FTC | Posted on: 06/08/2010 @ 0:48

Just shy of 9 months after the FTC’s lawsuit began, Intel’s conflicts are starting to come to an end. Intel and the FTC have reached a settlement ahead of what would have been next month’s court hearing. With this settlement the FTC is agreeing to drop the case in return for a series of prohibitions and requirements placed upon Intel to maintain and enhance the competitive environment in ...

Intel accept antitrust settlement with FTC, admits nothing | Posted on: 06/08/2010 @ 0:24

Intel got some more time to think about the settlement offered by the Federal Trade Commission in the case of unfair competition practices that started back in December 2009. Intel has now accepeted the settlement and promised to behave in the future.

ASRock 870 Extreme3 (AMD 870) Motherboard | Posted on: 05/08/2010 @ 23:48

With the AMD chipset family rounding out, we hit up ASRock to see if the new 870 chipset can hang with its bigger bothers.

Intel Core i7 970 CPU review: six cores for £680 | Posted on: 05/08/2010 @ 16:24

Piling on the high-end power, we take a look at Intel's second-rung six-core Core i7 chip.

MSI Wind U230: One Last Hurrah for the AMD Athlon Neo X2 Congo | Posted on: 05/08/2010 @ 7:48

AMD's Athlon II Neo and Turion II Neo processors are starting to trickle into the marketplace, but that doesn't mean the old school Athlon Neo and Turion Neo are magically turning into pumpkins. If the Atom's anemic performance and mediocre integrated graphics aren't cutting it for you, MSI has an inexpensive alternative that can fit the bill in the form of their 12.1" Wind U230 subnotebook.

Intel Core i7 975 gets EOL date | Posted on: 05/08/2010 @ 3:48

Intel is doing some Summer cleaning before the Sandy Bridge microarchitecture. The processor manufacturer has listed three more processors to be removed from the market, including Core i7 975.

AMD gives hints of the performance of Bulldozer | Posted on: 05/08/2010 @ 3:48

Bulldozer will be the base of AMD's next generation server and desktop processors. The long overdue architecture now has its own blog at AMD where it now hints of the performance of the architecture.

ASUS Z8NA-D6C (Intel 5500) Motherboard | Posted on: 03/08/2010 @ 23:36

With so many single socket motherboards floating around, we thought we would try a little dual CPU fun this time around.

Intel Releases PowerTop 1.13 With New Features | Posted on: 03/08/2010 @ 0:48

While it may have seemed like PowerTop was idling by for a while without a new release or any major advancements to this open-source utility for analyzing power consumption to find programs causing more wake-ups than necessary and to provide other power savings tips on Intel-based Linux systems, a new release has emerged. Intel released PowerTop v1.13 recently and it adds a few new features to ...

Intel 6 series of chipsets shipping in October | Posted on: 02/08/2010 @ 23:24

Intel intends to keep up the high momentum of CPU launches. According to sources at motherboard makers Intel will start shipping the new Intel 6 series chipsets in week 42 already, in the middle of October. Right before the fullscale Sandy Bridge offensive starting early 2011.

H70 - new CPU water cooler from Corsair | Posted on: 02/08/2010 @ 23:24

H70 is the second generation water cooler for processors from Corsair. Together with Asetek they developed the popular Corsair H50 which now gets a bigger brother, H70. The cooler builds on the same base technology, but it is still better in every way.

AMD Ontario benchmarks | Posted on: 02/08/2010 @ 22:48

AMD revealed back in July that the first Fusion APU will launch in Q4. The first will be the mobile Ontario circuit, whose theoretic performance is said to have been revealed by the BOINC project, and it hints of the performance we can expect.