From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jul 24 14:23:13 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC60A16A41F for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:23:13 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthieu@mhueck.demon.nl) Received: from mail.iinet.net.au (mail-06.iinet.net.au [203.59.3.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 027D543D45 for ; Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:23:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from matthieu@mhueck.demon.nl) Received: (qmail 32008 invoked from network); 24 Jul 2005 14:23:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO xp2500) (203.59.16.191) by mail.iinet.net.au with SMTP; 24 Jul 2005 14:23:11 -0000 From: "Matthieu Hueck" To: Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 22:23:15 +0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 In-Reply-To: <1cbd6f8305072406446c872066@mail.gmail.com> Thread-Index: AcWQVesM43PqStgERuC+Q2dDwvOeuwABQa6g X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Message-Id: <20050724142312.027D543D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> Subject: RE: AMD or Intel X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:23:13 -0000 > It seems I would like to goto the AMD route because of the 64bit > compatabality (yea..I am a victim of Marketing). > > What is the major difference between AMD64, Turion, and Sempron? > AMD64 is their main chip, it's geared towards maximum performance. Turion is their low-power notebook chip like Intels Pentium M and Sempron is their budget version of the AMD64, comparable to Intels Celeron processor. > > On 7/13/05, Rainer Duffner wrote: > > Astrodog wrote: > > > > >>I purchased an e-machines AMD laptop in April and had nothing but > > >>problems with cooling. The machine constantly over heated. So, if > you > > >>go the AMD route. Make sure you do some research and specifically > > >>cooling issues. > > >> > > >>Ray > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >As a quick note, AMD Mobiles (Athlon64 Mobile, etc), tend to consume > > >less power than comparable Intels (Non-Mobile P4s, Mobile EEs, etc). > > >The overheating issue is most likely an e-machines issue, than an AMD > > >one, per se. That being said, one thing to note on the AMD line, is > > >that there really isn't a true low power mobile processor, either. Its > > >basically Athlon64, Turion(sp), or Semperon, none of which would > > >compare to say Pentium M, on power usage as far as I'm aware. > > > > > > > > > > > > I think that's not exactly true. (Well, the conclusion may not be wrong, > > but the reasoning is ). > > Turion64-CPUs consume about as much (or little) energy as Pentium-M > chips. > > But due to better overall design, the total power-consumption of > > "Centrino"-laptops is some Watts less than that of Turion64-powered > ones. > > > > http://www.amd.com/us- > en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_12651_12658,00.html > > > > > > > > Rainer