The C3&7 per-watt performance is outstanding; however, their benchmark performance, exclusive of crypto and/or multimedia acceleration, is not on par with like MHz intel or amd processors.
The amd turion is the benchmark *AND* per-watt performance king. Yes, there are desktop turion-compatible motherboards. I know firsthand that as a openbsd+pf+vpn gateway the C7+motherboard w/crypto acceleration runs circles around intel and amd at similar price points (VIA NAB 7xxx). I do not know firsthand the userland bounce you [may] get with some of the embedded multimedia acceleration available in VIA platforms. -----Original Message----- From: Imre Oolberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: [Fwd: [Fwd: setting up a noiseless workstation]] Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2008 01:23:08 +0200 But I am surprised people aint using much VIA low-power offerings like C3, Eden or C7 in a form of mini-itx motherboard.
