On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 06:09:45PM -0800, plug bert wrote: > When Tom(www.tomshardware.com, an AMD fanatic) > confronted AMD about this, AMD responded that future > mobo manufacturers will incorporate overheat > protection features for AMD processors. >
Tom's hardware I would most certainly NOT characterize as an "AMD fanatic"! If anything, their more recent articles seem to be bigoted in favor of Intel. > > But hey, this is just my personal experience. If u > still remain an AMD fan, then at the very least put > the system through its paces: runs benchmarks and > drive that cpu up to 100% utilization. If there are > any AMD success stories out there, please do share > your experiences! Make me an AMD convert B) Besides, you would have to be absolutely STUPID to be running ANY system without a proper heatsink! AMD has given some recommendations for what kind of heat sinks you ought to be using with their processors, and well, if you are foolish enough to disregard these things then you might as well shoot a bullet at your processor and see how well it fares against THAT kind of abuse. The test run by Tom's Hardware without the heatsink is in the same vein. Run your processor with no heatsink, shoot your processor. Both are attempts to run it outside of spec. At the moment, AMD still holds the x86 speed crown, the Athlons still kicking the P4 all over the place... -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.engr.internet.org.ph/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
