Re: VIA CPU's
--- Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> escribió:
> 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?
Hey, consider yourself lucky. I have an AMD 2500 XP+ (1.83 GHz) that
sounds like a 747 @ 1m :-)
-Roberto
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