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AMD Shows Off Phenom II Processor's Headroom, By Overclocking to 5GHz
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11/21/08
Processors these days are about POWER CONSUMPTION - not clock speed. Who gives 2 dicks if your processor clocks at 4 Ghz if it takes a small coal plant to run the bitch.
AMD keeps losing the performance-per-watt game with intel and it doesn't seem like its going to change any time soon - but here's hoping.. I'd love to see some genuine competition again.
11/21/08
That really depends on whether you're talking about a laptop or a desktop. If you're planning to run it on batteries, then absolutely you want to keep power consumption low, but for a desktop...not so much. Not when you're talking about people who fill their case with light systems and hook up all kinds of crazy USB devices just because they = fun.
11/21/08
So, if you happen to have a ready supply of dry ice, you can turn it up to 11.
Those of us who don't have dry ice will have to keep it to more rational speeds.
How far can we crank an Intel chip w/ a block of dry ice sitting atop the heat sinks?
I'm thinking that real world applications of the dry ice cooling system are going to be pretty limited.
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Ever hear what it sounds like when you drop a coin on a block of dry ice? I'm not sure I'd want to have it actually sitting _on_ the heat-sink.
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I'm not saying there arent users who need more power, but I can't help but feel that there is a tremendous amount of effort is being wasted on the top .5% of "power-users".
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But right now, an older 32-bit 2GHz Core Duo is still running well for me, even with CS2 running through Rosetta emulation.
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