Re: AMD or Intel
Mag Gam <[email protected]>
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Thanks for the reply! Seems like I may go to Turion! On 7/24/05, Matthieu Hueck <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems I would like to goto the AMD route because of the 64bit > > compatabality (yea..I am a victim of Marketing). > > > > What is the major difference between AMD64, Turion, and Sempron? > > > AMD64 is their main chip, it's geared towards maximum performance. Turion is > their low-power notebook chip like Intels Pentium M and Sempron is their > budget version of the AMD64, comparable to Intels Celeron processor. > > > > > On 7/13/05, Rainer Duffner <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"