Il giorno mar, 12/09/2006 alle 19.41 +0300, Sampo Savolainen ha scritto:
The bottom line: Core 2 Duo beats anything AMD can
offer. Even the more
cheaper not top-of-the-line Core 2 Duo processors kill the fastest AMD
processors in most cases. Oh, and the AMD processors use almost twice
the energy of a Core 2 Duo.
Though. All of this will change eventually, of course. :)
:)
The lower grade AMDs are still competitive with the comparable ones from
Intel, and are available in two low-consumption models, lower than Intel
(ADO, rated at 65W maximum, and ADD, at 35W). They might be useful to
build a near-silent pc (but you'll might run into issues with NVidia and
ATI chipsets, VIA might be a good choice).
At least according to these tests (note: conducted under Windows)
http://www.lostcircuits.com/cpu/low_e/