From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 19 23: 9:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.WURLDLINK.NET [216.235.52.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DEB837B424 for ; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 23:09:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA09355; Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:09:14 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:09:14 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: "Andrew C. Hornback" Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: the AMD factor in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <001c01c0c91d$bb795720$0e00000a@tomcat> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Andrew C. Hornback wrote: > > -----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 > > > > On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Linh Pham wrote: > > > > > 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? :) > > > > 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. Hmm, the IBM Aptiva I saw was a P233MMX and all it had was a huge heatsink, even larger than the current ones for Socket A/370's. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message