Official Desktop Penryn Discussion Thread

[Metroid]

I think as a market, enthusiasts don't really care about cpu's maintaining a 65w tdp as long as tdp levels remain acceptable.

Even the 130w fx-74 can be kept cool with simple heatsink and fan, the main problem with that is that its competition has twice the number of cores and better performance with the same power consumption due to the dual socket nature of 4x4 (260w for 2 x3.0ghz amd dualcores versus 110w for quadcore QX6800)

The only reason we prefer lower tdp's is to keep a processor within an acceptable tdp when overclocked.

If intel released a 95w 4ghz quadcore, there would still be 'acceptable' headroom for overclocking.

65w tdp's appeal more to system integrators as it means they can cut costs on power supply, cooling, and allows them to make smaller, more attractive computers for the retail market.

If TDP's really bothered people do you think a single HD2900 would get sold?

Well it depends for me the maximum TDP is 77 for CPU and 150 for graphics card.

[ted3]

Well it depends for me the maximum TDP is 77 for CPU and 150 for graphics card.

Nice rule, live your life by those numbers. How did you come up with those very specific values anyway? I will go for 77.2, makes a lot more sense.

Manufacturers TDP, who cares when OCing, still havent seen the low TDP of X2 EE make a big difference in OC, and on the oposite end of the TDP scale Prescotts OC'ed well. Just admit it, TDP is something we pretend to care about only in AMD vs Intel discussions