anandtech.com — Since the introduction of Intel's 90nm Prescott core, power consumption has been at the forefront of any CPU related discussion. But as both AMD and Intel strive towards introducing more power efficient cores we must turn our attention elsewhere to find new areas where power savings are necessary.
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dattawayOct 12, 2006
I'm typing on a 200MHz ARM9 single board computer that uses less than a watt. If they can even do 10 watts with an Intel chip, I'd be impressed.
nutcaseOct 12, 2006
hey f**k nuts, it will make a difference in portables, such as notebooks ans laptops
malakinOct 12, 2006
@ilLH "New cards these days require anywhere from 300-500W"Not even close. High end video cards tend to max out around 90-120 watts.<a class="user" href="http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/power-noise_3.html">http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/power-noise_3.html</a>A 7600 GT is still a pretty fast video card and it uses only 36 watts, so you do have valid choices if you want to keep your power consumption reasonable.
math_suxOct 12, 2006
I wish they included over clocking wattage. I just got e6700/P5B Deluxe/4GB DDR2-800/7600GT. Unfortunately, an Antec 500w wasn't enough to allow me to over clock. To me, that's just crazy. I have a 700w OCZ GameStream on order. The last thing I need is more heat in my office...Oh well.
malliemcgOct 13, 2006
I actually wonder how much power usage this article cost. (Server time, routers etal).I suppose if you care about heat production/output for a home machine 6% might make a difference - or an office, but for the average person its not going to be important.If they tested laptop chipsets however...M