ROFLMAO! Now they are making chips that shut themselves off or scale back their processing output when they get too hot, to prevent overheating! So if you're chip says 3.8Ghz, you will only be able to get that speed in short bursts! Hahahah!
Oh lord why isn't AMD Marketing raking them over the coals for this? Oh wait..I forgot...AMD doesn't have any marketing ^_^ "Based on what we�ve seen here, however, I�d recommend anyone interested in an E0 3.6 or higher pay careful attention to ambient temperature and aftermarket cooling. If our 3.8 GHz results are at outlier that�s one thing, but I�m not at all convinced they are�and if they aren�t, it means that Prescott is essentially incapable of running at 3.8 GHz all the time, at full load, unless kept in a thermally advantageous environment in an open case. There�s a counterpoint to this statement, namely that most users will never notice a little throttling and that many products that are �rated� at certain capacities are only rated for those capacities for a limited time. These are both good arguments, but we�ve never bought processors under such a paradigm. When I buy a power supply, I understand that it can�t produce 400 watts constantly. When I buy a car, I expect it to balance on all four tires 100% of the time when under normal operating conditions. I don�t expect one tire to lift off the ground every 4th second when the car is moving 70 mph. When considered across the speed grades it�ll be deployed in and the relatively light usage corporate machines receive, E0 is a great idea that�ll save businesses money, both in terms of power costs and (hopefully) security problems. The 3.8 GHz model (and possibly the 3.6 as well), however, are running too close to their throttle-points. If you intend to use your system for CPU intensive tasks that�ll leave it running at full load for significant periods of time, I�d carefully consider the additional costs necessary to make that operating mode possible. You may find, upon consideration, that either a slower Prescott or an AMD Athlon 64 make better sense. " http://www.sudhian.com/showdocs.cfm?aid=630&pid=2383 -Gel Spreading the truth about Intel, for a better tomorrow ^_^ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138799 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
