--- Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 21:06, Tom Allison wrote: > > I am getting really curious about these new Via CPU's that work on the > > micro-ITX systems. I especially like the idea that I can get a very > > functional machine with only 30W. > > Try 3W, not 30W. > > > But I'm just wondering if this is a little too good to be true. Can I > really > > get a reasonably functional machine from these machines? > > The primary design goal of these x86 CPUs is low power usage. In > fact, they just released a *passively cooled* 733MHz CPU. > > To obtain this goal, though, the sacrificed speed. Floating point > execution is particularly dreadful. So, you won't be playing any > 1st person shooters... > > On the other hand, my 1GHz Athlon plays FPS games well, but sounds > like a Boeing 737 is parked 2.5m from my head. > > So, what's important to you? Speed or silence?
Hey, consider yourself lucky. I have an AMD 2500 XP+ (1.83 GHz) that sounds like a 747 @ 1m :-) -Roberto ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
