Are Intels still hot?

[Markfw]

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Well,

Keeping my bias aside, it's true that an Intel motherboard on an Intel chipset is a stability king. I got a 3.0 northwood that idles at 105 (Fahrenheit) and in HL2 reaches a high at 135F on a 7700AlCu. On stock: 113F idle, 145F load.

New prescotts are really hot. My friend's 3.4 (LGA 775) idles at 140F and on load, roughly 160F or so, on stock. I wish intel still made Northwoods. That was an amazing core. AMAZING core, my vCore's at 1.38, lower than many Athlon64's - heh, except the Venice , that will be a beast! I heard ppl got 800mhz clocks based on MULTIPLIER alone! (BS? Probably not - I got this from some review site)

But then again, AMDs are cheaper, they run cooler.
If only intel decided to upgrade their Northwood instead of sticking with prescott.

Eh. One last comment. I'm pleased with my P4P800-e Deluxe, amazingly stable (i865). Don't really want to start a flame war or anything, just my thoughts.

-TPG

The statement I bolded is NOT true, but the rest has some merit. There are many good Nforce chipsets, and the AMD chipset is used on HP and other servers. You think they would sell an unstable machine to a business ? Think again.

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

Pentium M's completely dominate any other mobile processor on the market. Turions can't even compare to it. Some Pentium M laptops can get up to 6-7 hours of battery life with a 9 cell battery. Pentium M's are really fast too, and pretty good for gaming. They Pentium M's architecture pretty much makes up for the horrible Prescott design. If you're getting a laptop, definately consider the P-M.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: Markfw900

Originally posted by: The Pentium Guy
Well,

Keeping my bias aside, it's true that an Intel motherboard on an Intel chipset is a stability king. I got a 3.0 northwood that idles at 105 (Fahrenheit) and in HL2 reaches a high at 135F on a 7700AlCu. On stock: 113F idle, 145F load.

New prescotts are really hot. My friend's 3.4 (LGA 775) idles at 140F and on load, roughly 160F or so, on stock. I wish intel still made Northwoods. That was an amazing core. AMAZING core, my vCore's at 1.38, lower than many Athlon64's - heh, except the Venice , that will be a beast! I heard ppl got 800mhz clocks based on MULTIPLIER alone! (BS? Probably not - I got this from some review site)

But then again, AMDs are cheaper, they run cooler.
If only intel decided to upgrade their Northwood instead of sticking with prescott.

Eh. One last comment. I'm pleased with my P4P800-e Deluxe, amazingly stable (i865). Don't really want to start a flame war or anything, just my thoughts.

-TPG

The statement I bolded is NOT true, but the rest has some merit. There are many good Nforce chipsets, and the AMD chipset is used on HP and other servers. You think they would sell an unstable machine to a business ? Think again.

There's an AMD Chipset? Jeez. Why can't "we" get it then?
-TPG