Re: VIA CPU's

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 21:06, Tom Allison wrote:
> I am getting really curious about these new Via CPU's that work on the 
> micro-ITX systems.  I especially like the idea that I can get a very 
> functional machine with only 30W.

Try 3W, not 30W.

> But I'm just wondering if this is a little too good to be true.  Can I really 
> get a reasonably functional machine from these machines?

The primary design goal of these x86 CPUs is low power usage.  In
fact, they just released a *passively cooled* 733MHz CPU.

To obtain this goal, though, the sacrificed speed.  Floating point
execution is particularly dreadful.  So, you won't be playing any
1st person shooters...

On the other hand, my 1GHz Athlon plays FPS games well, but sounds
like a Boeing 737 is parked 2.5m from my head.

So, what's important to you?  Speed or silence?

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