Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:40:37 +0200 From: Rainer Duffner <rainer@ultra-secure.de> To: Astrodog <astrodog@gmail.com> Cc: rseals@vdsi.net, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD or Intel Message-ID: <42D4C575.3070502@ultra-secure.de> In-Reply-To: <2fd864e050713000248100be4@mail.gmail.com> References: <1cbd6f830507090623223e6261@mail.gmail.com> <1121202949.819.1.camel@localhost> <2fd864e050713000248100be4@mail.gmail.com>
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Astrodog wrote: >>I purchased an e-machines AMD laptop in April and had nothing but >>problems with cooling. The machine constantly over heated. So, if you >>go the AMD route. Make sure you do some research and specifically >>cooling issues. >> >>Ray >> >> >> > >As a quick note, AMD Mobiles (Athlon64 Mobile, etc), tend to consume >less power than comparable Intels (Non-Mobile P4s, Mobile EEs, etc). >The overheating issue is most likely an e-machines issue, than an AMD >one, per se. That being said, one thing to note on the AMD line, is >that there really isn't a true low power mobile processor, either. Its >basically Athlon64, Turion(sp), or Semperon, none of which would >compare to say Pentium M, on power usage as far as I'm aware. > > I think that's not exactly true. (Well, the conclusion may not be wrong, but the reasoning is <g>). Turion64-CPUs consume about as much (or little) energy as Pentium-M chips. But due to better overall design, the total power-consumption of "Centrino"-laptops is some Watts less than that of Turion64-powered ones. http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651_12658,00.html Rainer
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