[Pc_Support] Re: Reducing Electricity Costs -- bulbs first and foremost ...

[Derek Konigsberg]

On Tuesday 07 February 2006 6:55 pm, Bryan J. Smith wrote:
> Derek Konigsberg <octo at logicprobe.org> wrote:
> > Frankly, I find these numbers quite interesting.  It goes to show
> > that an  Athon64 whizbanger uses a lot less power than you'd
>
> expect,
>
> Why would you assume otherwise?
>
> Even though AMD lags Intel 12+ months in multi-billion dollar
> fabrication technology out of lack of fund reserves, their 1999
> design is much more efficient than the NetBurst hack.
>
You totally missed my point :-)
I wasn't implying that AMD made more power hungry chips than Intel, or vice 
versa.

What I was trying to say, is that a nicely loaded PC desktop doesn't use 
anywhere near as many watts off the cord as you'd think.  (especially given 
how the average PC tweakers seem to talk about their suped-up machines and 
high-end power supplies)

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Derek Konigsberg
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http://hecgeek.blogspot.com
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