Quote Originally Posted by ownage View Post
Power consumption goes up, then with the newer generation TDP goes down but you can be sure at some point a new generation will consume more then the older generation.
Look at the power consumption of a GF5 compared to a GF8 or the power consumption between Pentium 3 and C2Q.
Factor in the computational power between those two cpu's and work done for power used gives a huge advantage to the C2Q's