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New Xeon CPU Hot and Underpowered
Kasracer writes "Web Sites The Register and GamePC received several of the new dual-core processors from Intel, dubbed 'Paxville', and ran a battery of tests on them. What did they find? From the article: 'There's no doubt about it, Intel's dual-core Xeons are their most power hungry Xeons to date ... Even when idling, two dual-core Xeons consume nearly 400W of power at any given time, which is amazingly high, even by Intel's standards ... their new dual-core chips (while powerful in their own right) simply are bested across the board by AMD's dual-core Opteron processors. Even worse, the Opterons typically perform much better while running at slower clock speeds and only having half the amount of on-die L2 cache to utilize.'"
Paris Hilton looking an Intel Inside sticker and saying "That's hot."
That's going to be the SUV of its category. Big, ugly, inefficient design catering to those who desperately need the ego boost.
It will hopefully die (yeah, bad pun) a very prompt death.
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So they're a little bit hot, I see that as a good thing. Now you can cook breakfast on your case, without ever having to move!
Sweet zombie Jesus, the heatsink must have fins like a '57 DeSoto! At 400w and using it 24/7 will make the cops think you're running a grow-op.
I don't understand what all of the fuss is about. With systems that generate this much heat, I want to buy one just because it will probably be cheaper to heat my house with a dual Xeon system than with heating oil, considering current fuel prices! I can simultaneously have the benefit of running one hell of a Battlefield 2, Half-Life 2, or SETI@Home system! Then when summer arrives I can switch back to my cooler AMD X2 system, thus saving money on cooling bills as well!
AND after playing BF2 for an hour or so the top of the case will be ready to cook up some chicken and steak tips! Introducting the new Intel, dual-Zeon, charcoal-less hibachi system!
Come on! You guys need to look at the positives of having such hot CPUs!
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