AMD X2 5000+ Black edition useless? am I missing something?

[jonmcc33]

Originally posted by: taltamir
so does amd. i am pretty certain amd has intel beat in power savings and power reduction tech... they just loose in performance.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/?p=632&page=2

"The bad news for AMD is that its peak power consumption is substantially higher than Intel?s chips and anyone who?s constantly playing games on their AMD based PC or anyone who leaves Folding at Home running 24×7 is going to end up with a much bigger electric bill."

 

[taltamir]

but look at the numbers... AMD might be higher on max.... but it is much lower on IDLE. that is what I meant by "power reduction tech"... and most people or companies leave the computer on 24/7 at idle...
I did say this in response to your "intel has speedstep tech"... I meant to say that the AMD equivalent of speed step brough it down from 30% more power then intel to 20%. A massive reduction.
Their phenoms are supposed to turn off individual cores which are not being used. So it should have even more pronounced power reductions on idle compared to the X2... (especially considering the first phenoms comming out on 11-19-07 are quad cores, able to run in 1 core, 2 core, 3 core, or 4 core modes... AND dynamically lower speed...)

But yes if you are maxing it out anyways you might aswell get a c2d and save some electricity... Rather then overclocking a black edition x2

 

[jonmcc33]

I wouldn't say much lower per se. It's only ~10W at most. That's not going to make a difference on the power bill. However, under full load will. It's just good to have that technology on a computer no matter which brand it is.

 

[SlowSpyder]

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/...om-790fx-utility-jewel

For whatever it's worth this 5000+ be overclocked pretty well, to just under 3.6ghz. Looks like it's a nice upgrade for existing AM2 owners who overclock.

 

[bryanW1995]

the msrp hasn't changed for the black edition or the 6000+ since the release, newegg changes their prices based upon demand. obviously there has been more relative demand for the BE. Can't say that I blame an am2 person, either, since the 65nm should produce significantly less heat at the same performance level.

 

[earthman]

The BE is unlocked, and an excellent overclocker, as well as being substantially more efficient than the 90nm parts. The way people are beating up on AMD these days, they must yearn for the days when the cheapest Intel CPU was $300. Be thankful there's any competition.