From: art (art_at_courvilles.com)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 01:35:38 EDT
Oh, good. Another Intel/AMD flame war. Now I won't have to go to Usenet
to get my fill.
John Bridges wrote:
>
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002 17:10:55 -0700 (PDT), Steve C. wrote:
>
> >They do it in the Slot 1 (or whatever they call it)
> >too. It's not just a problem with the socket, the
> >chips just get way too hot.
>
> What? The Slot A hadn't been used for years. All current Athlon desktop
> systems used Socket A (462). I'm not aware of any Slot based Athlons ever
> being used on a laptop, for one thing their power consumption was too high!
>
> What is your source on Athlons "just get way too hot"? Is it a review
> somewhere? An Article? Was it the review at Tom's Hardware where they ran
> the CPU with NO HEATSINK (it ruined the CPU)?
>
> >I wouldn't have one or recommend one to anybody until
> >they can make one that runs as cool and is an reliable
> >as a Pentium.
>
> A Pentium what? A Pentium 4? There is a HUGE difference between the
> Pentium, Pentium II, and Pentium III series vs the Pentium 4. The Pentium 4
> is a completely different animal in power consumption, performance (drasticly
> slower performance per Mhz) and stability.
>
> I'm typing this on a Dual Athlon 2000+ MP, an extremely fast and stable
> system I'm quite happy with that cost me FAR less than a Dual Xeon (less than
> half the price).
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