AMD or Intel

[Mag Gam]

Thanks for the reply! Seems like I may go to Turion!



On 7/24/05, Matthieu Hueck <matthieu at mhueck.demon.nl> wrote:
> > It seems I would like to goto the AMD route because of the 64bit
> > compatabality (yea..I am a victim of Marketing).
> >
> > What is the major difference between AMD64, Turion, and Sempron?
> >
> AMD64 is their main chip, it's geared towards maximum performance. Turion is
> their low-power notebook chip like Intels Pentium M and Sempron is their
> budget version of the AMD64, comparable to Intels Celeron processor.
> 
> >
> > On 7/13/05, Rainer Duffner <rainer at ultra-secure.de> wrote:
> > > Astrodog wrote:
> > >
> > > >>I purchased an e-machines AMD laptop in April and had nothing but
> > > >>problems with cooling.  The machine constantly over heated.  So, if
> > you
> > > >>go the AMD route.  Make sure you do some research and specifically
> > > >>cooling issues.
> > > >>
> > > >>Ray
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >As a quick note, AMD Mobiles (Athlon64 Mobile, etc), tend to consume
> > > >less power than comparable Intels (Non-Mobile P4s, Mobile EEs, etc).
> > > >The overheating issue is most likely an e-machines issue, than an AMD
> > > >one, per se. That being said, one thing to note on the AMD line, is
> > > >that there really isn't a true low power mobile processor, either. Its
> > > >basically Athlon64, Turion(sp), or Semperon, none of which would
> > > >compare to say Pentium M, on power usage as far as I'm aware.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I think that's not exactly true. (Well, the conclusion may not be wrong,
> > > but the reasoning is <g>).
> > > Turion64-CPUs consume about as much (or little) energy as Pentium-M
> > chips.
> > > But due to better overall design, the total power-consumption of
> > > "Centrino"-laptops is some Watts less than that of Turion64-powered
> > ones.
> > >
> > > http://www.amd.com/us-
> > en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651_12658,00.html
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Rainer
> 
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