It's always annoyed me when people use the rating they find on some 3rd party website (or even on AMDs) to compare A64 TDPs with other chips. The TDP listed is generally the absolute maximum. The reality is often half as much since power leakage varies from batch to batch.
Check out this program to find out the TDP for your individual processor:
http://www.thecoolest.zerobrains.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83
People rave about Dothans, Turions etc, but consider this. The real TDP for the 3000+ venice I run in my HTPC is just 32.4W. Since it happily runs at 1.1v at stock speed that's just 20W! I haven't tested yet but there is a good chance it will run at 1.0V ... just 16.5W!
No wonder i can so easily cool it passively!
Incidentally AMDs TDP figures are absolute worst case scenario and will typically never reach the TDP. Other manufacturers including Intel give typical instead of absolute maximum ratings. This is misleading and makes chips like the dothan etc appear better than they are in terms of power consumption when compared to the turion etc.
Perhaps everyone could list their chip below to see what kind of spread of chips we have at ocuk.
I'll start off with mine:
3000+, 939, DH8-E3, 53C, 32.4W
Marc
Check out this program to find out the TDP for your individual processor:
http://www.thecoolest.zerobrains.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=83
People rave about Dothans, Turions etc, but consider this. The real TDP for the 3000+ venice I run in my HTPC is just 32.4W. Since it happily runs at 1.1v at stock speed that's just 20W! I haven't tested yet but there is a good chance it will run at 1.0V ... just 16.5W!
No wonder i can so easily cool it passively!
Incidentally AMDs TDP figures are absolute worst case scenario and will typically never reach the TDP. Other manufacturers including Intel give typical instead of absolute maximum ratings. This is misleading and makes chips like the dothan etc appear better than they are in terms of power consumption when compared to the turion etc.
Perhaps everyone could list their chip below to see what kind of spread of chips we have at ocuk.
I'll start off with mine:
3000+, 939, DH8-E3, 53C, 32.4W
Marc
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