VISION definedĪppreciating that VISION is a method of simplifying the PC-buying experience based on usability rather than specifications, here's how the four VISION categories - Basic, Premium, Ultimate, and Black - are defined. By having these three components, which form the backbone for every system, AMD is able to prescribe which PCs meet certain VISION standards. The purpose of VISION, then, is to take away what AMD deems as unnecessary technical information and to replace it with easy-to-understand requirements that resonate with Joe Public.ĭrawing a car analogy, a prospective purchaser of a new Ford Mondeo would likely be less concerned with the exact horsepower and torque of the engine - akin to, say, CPU speed and memory frequency - and be more interested in interior room, insurance costs, general fuel consumption, and, even, to how many cup-holders the car has - pragmatic user requirements, in other words.ĪMD is in a position to launch such branding on PCs manufactured by companies such as Acer, Dell, HP and ASUS because VISION-branded machines take advantage of AMD's CPUs, chipsets (motherboards) and graphics. This guide explains how VISION works and what to look out for on a VISION-enabled PC or notebook. Launched 200 days ago under the VISION Technology brand, AMD is helping redefine how PCs are sold, based on genuine user requirements than on arcane figures. For example, a Gulftown-based Intel Core i7 980X Extreme Edition 3.33GHz chip with 12MB of 元 cache, and 8GB of DDR3-2,000MHz CL7 RAM don't mean much outside of a select band of enthusiasts. Most people contemplating a new PC have traditionally equated more as better without really appreciating what they're purchasing. In the past, the two leading processor (CPU) manufacturers, Intel and AMD, have swayed marketing efforts by drawing particular attention to CPU clock-speeds, caches and, to a lesser extent, the various speeds and feeds associated with the graphics card and memory, often confusing customers with a dazzling array of hard-to-fathom numbers and code-names. The general public has historically purchased PCs and laptops based on criterion such as price and convoluted specifications.

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