Peter wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Jake Anderson wrote:
>
> *>as far as i am aware it is true
> *>the CPU temp i have seen on P4 and AMD systems differ greatly P4 ~
30-40 AMD
> *>~50-70 C
>
> Ah, so now they have reversed ?

IME, AMD's (athlons) are much hotter running than Intel's (P4's)

> *>P4's TPS (heh heh) Thermal overload system is currently the best
there is
> *>if you have a P4 running Quake 3 then yank the heatsink off the CPU
actually
> *>underclocks itself practically instantly till it maintains a stable
temp
> *>(frame rate drops from 180 to 4)
> *>AMD lets the smoke out in the same circumastance
>
> True. Benn there.

It's true, I've seen a couple of AMD heatsinks pop off.  It's a sad
sight.  ;-)

> *>Toms hardware has a set of demo's of this and you can see the AMD
chips
> *>almost catch fire
>
> I have to see this. Any url ?

I've seen them, but I can't remember the URL.  You should be able to
search it up at Tom's.  It's awesome.  Just watching the guy try and
remove the AMD sink is a riot.  It's so hot he can't hardly unclip it.
As soon as he gets it loose, the game freezes and "something" boils on
top of the CPU.  I'm assuming that it's some kind of thermal grease.
The Intels just slow down, and keep running the game.  Impressive.

michael brown

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