Thoughts on P4's increasing popularity?

[paralazarguer]

Because it is. here's a link for heat output of the chips. My 1.6a at default votage running at 2.13 Ghz is constantly a good 10 degrees cooler than my athlon XP 1700+. Forget about those thoroughbreds! They're horrible for heat!

 

[mechBgon]

So far I haven't heard much commentary about marketing of the two brands. I rarely bother watching television, so I may be missing campaigns by either/both companies there, but I do see a lot more Intel being pushed in the newspaper fliers from CompUSA, CircuitCity, OfficeDepot, Staples, etc. Does Intel have a strategy that gets them more ad press? Maybe some kind of incentive program for these companies where average buyers will be looking first for a PC?

Then there's Dell. I heard recently that Dell has 25% of the US market, even counting white-box outfits. Dell only sells Intel-based desktops. Dude... you're getting an Intel!

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: 7757524
Because it is. here's a link for heat output of the chips. My 1.6a at default votage running at 2.13 Ghz is constantly a good 10 degrees cooler than my athlon XP 1700+. Forget about those thoroughbreds! They're horrible for heat!

Low core temperature doesn't equate to low total heat output, my friend. All you have to do is look at the typical power column in your site's Intel Pentium 4 (Willamette/Northwood) table, and multiply it by 4/3 to confirm what I posted... the max wattage dissipated, which is 4/3 of the typical, is as I stated. More detail on where the 4/3 number comes from can be found in Intel's documentation here (refer to page 25).

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
So far I haven't heard much commentary about marketing of the two brands. I rarely bother watching television, so I may be missing campaigns by either/both companies there, but I do see a lot more Intel being pushed in the newspaper fliers from CompUSA, CircuitCity, OfficeDepot, Staples, etc. Does Intel have a strategy that gets them more ad press? Maybe some kind of incentive program for these companies where average buyers will be looking first for a PC?

Then there's Dell. I heard recently that Dell has 25% of the US market, even counting white-box outfits. Dell only sells Intel-based desktops. Dude... you're getting an Intel!

My guess (and this is only a guess) is that Intel gives companies that push Intel mostly (or exclusivly, like Dell) a discount on CPUs. I bet Dell has one sweet deal with Intel because they just make Intel computers. There's an advantage to being the market leader.