Replies to post #42133 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[chipguy]

When they know full damn well that Prescott has thermal problems?

The most zealous 'Droid goes to nowhere near these extremes to defend every little hint of shortcoming

Prescott has power issues at the highest speed grades.
But at 3.0 and 3.2 GHz its TDP is 84W, only 2W higher
than a Northwood P4. That means for the vast majority
of corporate and SOHO buyers Prescott is a slightly
better performing Northwood, end of story.

Nevertheless if I was buying a gaming PC right now I'd
have to go with an A64 box (just like I went with a K7
T-bird PC about four years ago, my system prior to my
current Northwood 3.0C)

[rlweitz]

Don't you think that Intel's BTX case initative is likely related to the recognition that Prescott's thermal problems are only going to get worse?

[Tenchu]

FPG, Does anybody think it's amusing how the same people who argued so strenuously about Dothan's slight advantage in power consumption over a low-power A64 or Athlon-M, even though the advantage is largely overshadowed by the other components in a mobile system, are now the ones pooh-poohing Prescott's widely known power consumption problems and blaming the other system components?

The truth is that power matters much more in the mobile market than it does in desktops.

And Dothan is kicking Athlon's butt every way to Sunday. Not bad for a "slight advantage."

Tenchu

[morrowinder]

Fastpathguru:

Here is your "slight" battery advantage:)

http://reviews.cnet.com/Acer_Ferrari_3000LMi/4505-3121_7-30615345-2.html?tag=glance

Acer Ferrari/Athlon XP-M 2500+: 132 minutes mobilemark2

http://reviews.cnet.com/eMachines_M6000_series/4505-3121_7-30674686-2.html?tag=glance

Emachines M6000/Athlon 64 3000+: 180 minutes


IBM T51(dothan 1.5GHZ): 248 minutes. Thats over an hour better than the emachines:) And thats not even the BEST out there...

http://reviews.cnet.com/IBM_ThinkPad_R51/4505-3121_7-30847902-6.html?tag=top

Acer Travelmate 8000(Dothan 1.8GHZ): 325 minutes
Compaq nx7010(Dothan 1.8ghz): 272 minutes


http://reviews.cnet.com/HP_Compaq_Business_Notebook_nx7010/4505-3121_7-30889530-6.html?tag=top