I'll repost the conclusion of the first article: "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."
The AMD chips do not have this limitation, or this problem with architecture. It is clear that in the AMD Athlon processor this is done to conserve power,as with Laptop Mobile processor technology and is a true advancement in their chip offerings. With the Intel chips it is a bandaid to prevent the processor from burning out because they are already running too hot and cannot maintain their advertised speeds under load. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme Hey look at that, AMD is doing the same thing. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20041206-4437.html -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:138944 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
