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AMD announces energy-efficient processors

 
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:13 pm    Post subject: AMD announces energy-efficient processors Reply with quote
AMD has announced the upcoming energy efficient desktop processors based on the new AM2 socket. Due
out later this month, there will be eleven new chips in total with either "Energy
Efficient" or "Energy Efficient Small Form Factor" labels. The former denotes a 65 W
thermal design power (TDP) and will app...read more
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
I wonder if that means it'll be easier to overclock the "energy efficient" ones.
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 3:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I wonder if that means it'll be easier to overclock the "energy efficient" ones.


Yeah, it should be easier to overclock it...A drop from 110W to 65W for a X2 4800 is quite cool!

Unfortunately, to get the AM2 socket you will have to re-buy the mobo, processor and RAM (DDR2) Sad
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 4:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yeah i won't be doing that untill next january or so, whenever crysis comes out.
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PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
miglaugh wrote:
yeah i won't be doing that untill next january or so, whenever crysis comes out.


the same here Smile
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