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[thedosbox]

Actually, the spindle drive was mentioned because the advantages of performance is likely hindered by the drive system. In addition, if the CPU is clever enough it might have greater idle periods when the drive is holding the system back - just a WAG though.

Um, we're talking about comparing power usage of two systems using the same drive. If the drive is a bottleneck, it'll be a similar bottleneck on both systems.

I wouldn't call 1-2% gain with a 33% boost a lot:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/2663

Depends on the test - TR shows a difference of 15 Watts (6%) peak power draw in Cinebench rendering for a simulated vs real i7-940.

 

[Nemesis 1]

Can we expect some early reviews then? Or do NDAs prevent sites from putting out their reviews, even if the product comes from a non-intel source?

Heres one . I found one site that does the HD 3000 in a lot of games but I leave that to other posters.

http://www.itocp.com/bbs/thread-74171-1-1.html