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Old Nov 8, 2011, 08:58 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by btarunr View Post
I think the new northbridge is built on 40 nm process. So it will run cooler with lower power draw. But yes, this is essentially the same silicon as 890FX/990FX. Can't say the same about 790FX, because with 890FX the ALink chipset bus got updated to 4 GB/s.
40nm won't make it run at a lower temp. Lower volts will but the package size makes zero difference in a heat equation.
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