AMD has done a very confusing thing... With that table 9 in the thermal guidelines. I understand where the confusion comes from because my initial impression was similar to what OC is observing. It is written such that it looks like table 9 is describing the characteristics of the Opteron processor and can be used to find TDP as a function of case temperature.
As you point out, simple math shows the table actually describes the behavior of the thermal solution (heat sink and fan), not the opteron CPU itself. For most system design engineers the table is kind of a "no duh" sort of thing once you figure out what AMD is talking about with it. Table 9 is just as valid for an Intel Prescott CPU as it is for an Opteron CPU! I notice so far OC has not replied to my earlier note on this subject: http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=8700578
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