P4@5.2GHz vs Athlon FX-55/Coolers review

Shaga · Feb 28, 2005, 08:41 AM

Battle Royale P4@5.2ghz vs Athlon FX-55
"So we hope our findings put an end to all of the discussion about who’s got the fastest processor on the market, that processor is none other than AMD’s Athlon 64 FX55. Due to diminishing returns the Pentium 4 processor needs a whopping 5.2GHz clock speed to keep up with AMD’s flagship processor. So was it a good decision on Intel’s part to announce it will not be shipping a 4GHz processor? We think so, as the Pentium 4 was just never going to best AMD’s Athlon 64. Craig Barret clearly had guts and vision when making that decision, or, and that’s just as likely, he knew the 4GHz Pentium 4 needed another 1.2GHz to soundly beat AMD’s fastest, and that just wasn’t feasible.

Sander Sassen. "

22 AMD64 Coolers under testing - translated by google
Most efficient cooler seems to be Thermalright XP-90 and Zalman 7700CU gets points for being silent and having reasonable performance.

Feb 28, 2005, 08:41 AM	#1
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	P4@5.2GHz vs Athlon FX-55/Coolers review Battle Royale P4@5.2ghz vs Athlon FX-55 "So we hope our findings put an end to all of the discussion about who’s got the fastest processor on the market, that processor is none other than AMD’s Athlon 64 FX55. Due to diminishing returns the Pentium 4 processor needs a whopping 5.2GHz clock speed to keep up with AMD’s flagship processor. So was it a good decision on Intel’s part to announce it will not be shipping a 4GHz processor? We think so, as the Pentium 4 was just never going to best AMD’s Athlon 64. Craig Barret clearly had guts and vision when making that decision, or, and that’s just as likely, he knew the 4GHz Pentium 4 needed another 1.2GHz to soundly beat AMD’s fastest, and that just wasn’t feasible. Sander Sassen. " 22 AMD64 Coolers under testing - translated by google Most efficient cooler seems to be Thermalright XP-90 and Zalman 7700CU gets points for being silent and having reasonable performance. __________________ Server: Currently Offline