On 8/3/05, Barry Gaskins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read an article a few years back where they removed the heatsink > and cooling fan from an intel processor and an AMD processor and then > ran the computers until it overheated. Of course both of them > overheated pretty quickly but the intel processor had some type of > thermal sensor that shut down the chip before any permanent damage was > done but the AMD processor lacked anything like that so it self > destructed. > That was a few years back so AMD may have added such protection in > the latest chips. I tend to agree though that AMD is currently a > better value. You can buy a lot of heatsinks and cooling fans to be > sure you don't overheat for the difference in the price of comporable > chips.
That was a few years ago and iirc, they had the machine playing quake or something when they did it. The intel chip instantly and automatically throttled down to a much slower speed while the AMD chip instantly self destructed. :-( But, that's an extreme test case. :-) Cheers, Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace clubjuggler at gmail dot com http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ (fieldless) In fess two roundels in pale, a billet fesswise and an increscent, all sable. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
