Author: Joachim Rang
Date: 11:49:27 02/09/04
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On February 09, 2004 at 14:23:55, Aloisio Ponti Lopes wrote: >... by releasing their processors at the same speed in GHz ? > >As a consumer I can`t understand that. It seems to me that AMD`s problem is the >heat issue... so the important thing to do when buying an AMD processor is to >liquid-cool it or get some sort of special (refrigerated) case to build the >system, if you want to push it to the limit by overclocking ? > Actually it is the other way. Intel has a heat issue, since they try to get more Ghz at all costs. The new Prescott consumes more than 100 Watt and needs a solid cooler to run without problems. The Athlon 64 consumes "only" 85 Watt and has quite intelligent power saving functions. No liquis cooling or something like that is required ;-) AMD processors perform more instructions per cycle so they can not run at the same speed in GHz. But their performance per Hz is better. >I was also looking for a good notebook as I have 2 medical offices now, and >buying another desktop was not my idea... but I began to search for an AMD >notebook, and... guess what?! It`s really difficult to find one here (Brazil)... >there are Toshibas everywhere, from Celeron to Pentium 4, and of course there >are the new Centrinos with Wi-FI (from Acer too), but they`re extremelly >expensive here... so the AMD processors rocks for chess, but their marketing >sucks; I could only find a HP XP 2400+ (2.0 GHz) with DVD/CD-RW and 512 MB RAM. >Only one model. No other models or options to compare... in the notebook market AMD is still behind. Actually the Pentium-M (Centrino) is a really good processor from Intel. The chess-performance is great and an 1.5 Ghz Centrion performs as good as an P4-2,67 Ghz. AMD has not so much low-power-consumption mobile processor to offer as Intel. AFAIK there will be soon the launch of the Mobile Version of the AMD 64 Proc. Than I think the picture will change. > >Maybe it`s time for AMD to look for an smarter CEO or at least someone to put >some fire on the market, like Steve Jobs (Apple) or Lee Iacoca (Chrysler) did >some years ago... > >A. Ponti the problem for AMD is indeed marketing. They decided to quit the GHz-Race and focus on performance. This was a risky decision since the average customer has not much knowledge about performance and looks at GHz. But I don't think they need a new CEO, the AMD 64 proc will gain its position :-). regards joachim
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