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dungeon92
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 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: AMD's 1GHz Athlon 64 beats 1.6GHz Atom |
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AMD's new Athlon 64 2000+ LV at 1GHz beat the Intel Atom at 1.6GHz, also the AMD chipset (780G) and CPU combo is more energy efficent, plus it's easier to passively cool. The CPU will be a regular AM2 socket so it could be used in a desktop easily (but the starting price is somewhat high at around $90).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:34 pm Post subject: Re: AMD's 1GHz Athlon 64 beats 1.6GHz Atom |
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| dungeon92 wrote: | AMD's new Athlon 64 2000+ LV at 1GHz beat the Intel Atom at 1.6GHz, also the AMD chipset (780G) and CPU combo is more energy efficent, plus it's easier to passively cool. The CPU will be a regular AM2 socket so it could be used in a desktop easily (but the starting price is somewhat high at around $90).
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/Atom-Athlon-Efficient,1997.html |
High at $90...
Really... 
I would have thought that's a hell of a lot cheaper than many Core 2 Duo's..
I might be wrong, as it might not be a fair comparison.
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Aqua
Ps.. Are you intending to make up a pc of your own based around this new AMD ?
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Compared to the price of the Intel Atom board with soldered CPU it's high, and no, if I had money to spend on it I would consider it and probably wouldn't still since all the boards are micro-ATX that are reasonably priced so it wouldn't be small like I would like it to be.
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| dungeon92 wrote: | | Compared to the price of the Intel Atom board with soldered CPU...... |
Whoa...there ... DJ.
Now you got my attention.....
Since when has the CPU been soldered on ?
Surely not...
That's gotta be kinda dumb for Intel.
Why on earth would they want to do such a thing...?
I would have thought locking it down to a CPU is going to limit the market appeal overall...
It makes me wonder what their reasoning would be...?
In the meantime, it leaves me a bit puzzled.
Oh well
Maybe you can explain it to me.
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Aqua
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