On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 13:16 -0700, James Richard Tyrer wrote: > Dieter wrote: > > Can the Geode be underclocked and still be fast enough? I'm guessing that > > it is way faster than you need for desktop, and way slower than you need for > > video unless the GPU does 99.99% of the work. > > They make slower ones but the slower NX (666 MHz) is still 6 Watts. > AFAIK, they are static so they will run at lower speeds but 6 Watts > appears to be the static power -- no power reduction in dissipation with > a slower clock so no real reason to run it slower unless the bus speed > is an issue. Faster and power is an issue. The 1.4 GHz one is rated at > 14 Watts and AMD says it needs a fan. As I said (poorly) before, the 1 > GHz wouldn't need a fan unless the tight space on a PCI board made a > small one necessary.
A common thing with AMD is that they specify max TDP wattage for a whole series/core, and the logically will be based upon the fastest one of them. So it is very likely that the slower parts that specify same wattage actually will require far less. -HK _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
