Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[j3pflynn]

wbmw, it can certainly give you a very good ballpark if you're familiar with the heatsink in operation, and you can get a very good idea whether the heat sink is warmer or cooler than with another processor, and therefore whether it's dissipating more or less heat. There are at least several heat sinks I know of that work with both P4 and Opteron that would allow a good comparison. Absolute precision, no, but a very good idea of relative powers.
Paul