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AMD 90nm Evaluated

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the never-can-have-enough-fps dept.

muyuubyou writes "The Tech Report has measured the new 90nm A64 3500+ against its 130nm counterpart and a Pentium 4 3.6Ghz 90nm. AMD looks way ahead in the 90nm process especially when it comes to power consumption. Note these are consumptions for the entire system including GeForce 6800 GTs and hefty PSUs. RTFineShortArticle for more detail on the configuration. Leaving the PC on overnight is probably not a good idea with these new Pentium 4s."

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  1. wow by hruntrung · · Score: 5, Interesting

    That's impressive. Of course, since it's total system wattage, it'd be nice to have some information about disk usage over the period of time, etc.

    I like, though, that the 130nm Athlon 64 is still better than the 90nm P4. It might just be time to buy another desktop.

  2. 150 watts just to do nothing? by JUSTONEMORELATTE · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Can someone elighten me on this? Is there a reason why the SpeedStep and other power-saving methods that are used in most laptops can't be adapted to desktop systems?
    The old joke is that all CPUs sleep at the same speed, but after seeing the power consumption graph on this site, it's obvious that "power-hungry CPU" doesn't just mean high heat during gaming. This suckers are hungry even while doing nothing at all


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