Athlon 64 Cool n Quiet in action

[Sazar]

and there she is lads... 😀

installed latest drivers and what not and lo and behold... it really does drop down to 800mhz when cpu load is minimal 😀 (ie you only have about 5-6 IE windows and a coupla background apps going)

temps and fan speed are lower now since I turned on cool n quiet fan support as well... had forgotten to do it earlier...

 

[NetRyder]

Sweet 😀
The 2.4GHz Northwood in my laptop (desktop CPU) runs at just about the same temperatures when idle, and hits about 58C on a continuous full load.

 

[Sazar]

I am running @ about 30C right now... 😀

notice the clock speed... i dont notice a lack of performance @ all in day to day apps...

 

[j79zlr]

Of course not, unless I am compiling a program from source in Linux/BSD I can't really tell the difference between a 1GHz and 2GHz. I always laugh when the salemen are talking to someone and the conversation is as follows:

Fool: Well I just want to surf the web and read emails
Sales: OK well I'd suggest a $2000 Dell for that, if you want to play games, go with the $3000 model.

 

[Sazar]

$2000 dell 😱

🙂

my bro works for dell btw 😀 and their email et al systems start around 500-600 USD for a decent system..

but I was expecting a performance hit when I run the ati tv app plus word n stuff.. but multitasking is just chewed up 🙂

 

[Taurus]

do all k8 boards have cool-n-quiet or is it a special feature?

 

[Sazar]

no... you have to ensure the mobo supports cool n quiet...

its built into the cpu so you don't have to worry about it there...

 

[NetRyder]

So is this "Cool n Quiet" something like SpeedStepping, but for desktop systems?

 

[Howling Wolf]

It'd be great 🙂

 

[Kush]

urea a lyer sazar its at 801 not 800 😛

 

[Sazar]

So is this "Cool n Quiet" something like SpeedStepping, but for desktop systems?

a bit like they use in amd's mobile system's but a first for desktops...

 

[dubstar]

a bit like they use in amd's mobile system's but a first for desktops...

pretty cool... saves on power @ home.