From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 19 15:12:31 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from edwin.mounet.com (edwin.mounet.com [216.145.76.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 359F637B424 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:12:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hornback@wireco.net) Received: (qmail 18898 invoked by uid 0); 19 Apr 2001 22:08:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO tomcat) (216.145.67.19) by mounet.com with SMTP; 19 Apr 2001 22:08:13 -0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "Vincent Poy" Cc: "FreeBSD Questions" Subject: RE: the AMD factor in FreeBSD Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:11:50 -0400 Message-ID: <001c01c0c91d$bb795720$0e00000a@tomcat> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Vincent Poy > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 4:36 PM > To: Linh Pham > Subject: Re: the AMD factor in FreeBSD >=20 > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Linh Pham wrote: >=20 > > On 2001-04-19, Bzdik BSD scribbled: > > > > # G4 stil runs without heatsink - doesn't qualify as a real CPU to = me. > > # end :)) > > > > A G3 can run without a heatsink, but the G4 does require a heatsink = (it > > requires quite a bit more power compared to the G3, thus needs to > > dissipate a lot more power than the G3)... but can run without an = active > > fan. > > > > Of course, have you touched a G3 without a heatsink? :) >=20 > Hehe... Which reminds me, it's almost like IBM delivers their > crAptiva with Pentium 233MMX with just a heatsink but no fan and I = doubt > you want your finger on the Pentium 233MMX. Ofcourse, the AMD = Athlon's > run a lot hotter than the coppermines so does this mean the Intel's = are > not real CPU's? ;) Packard Bell did the same with their 133 MHz models. I had one come = into the shop a couple of years ago, guy wanted to know why his system = wasn't stable. Most companies that I've seen that do that, only putting a heatsink on = the chip, also line up a case fan to blow overtop of it. That does some = good, but I hasten to guess how much. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message