Recent content by ryboto

Copper is a better cooler, heat transfer from the surface of the CPU is determined by conduction, which relates to conductivity. Convection tot he air is completely dependent on the air, not the material from which heat is transfered.

The aluminum wire, you know why? because the aluminum wire didn't conduct as much heat to begin with, so it doesn't have as much energy stored inside it. Heat transfer in this context is only dependent on the thermal conductivity. The convection to the air is a function of the air, not the...

Actually, it's heat transfer. Thermodynamic properties, but the study is heat transfer. This myth about the metals is amazing.

It's $219 AUD, so I think it's closer to ~$200 USD, but at the same time, it's pre-release pricing. I think I saw an INQ article suggesting $159 as the price.

Me too, just about every other review shows different results with DX10 vs DX9. Most reviews don't have the GX2 losing so badly to the 280 either.

Monolithic doesn't have to mean slower, just because K10 isn't a huge leap doesn't mean 4 cores on 1 die is inherently slower. But, like I said, they're not going to NOT put positive spin on it. They'll use technicalities like that. You and I and the rest of the tech forum users know 4 cores...

How else should they market this? It's a low power quad core system for maybe a low power HTPC, or desktop. They can claim this all they want, because technically that Xeon isn't a desktop processor, and it isn't monolithic like the Phenom die, it's 2xC2D. I like the option to buy a cheap...

The final cutscene was silly, but that's not a problem, it's just a cutscene. What bothered me was how easy the final boss was.

This is how my entire family was until I educated them. It's incredibly surprising how ignorant people are concerning technology...not just PC's, but even automobiles. As for this whole issue, I don't understand it. AMD is price competitive with intel on the mid-low end, and on top of that...

Considering they have a 1.8ghz HE version of the barcelona chips and they state a "TDP" of 55W, I'm sure those 9150e's will be 65W, what else would they be? 80W? doesn't really make sense if true. I'd like to see how much they could be undervolted....

sounds amazing, what kind of power consumption are we looking at?

AMD is only "expanding" to this because they own Ati. Ati has been making display processors for digital television for a long time.

so, millions of people who own one, and enjoy it, and think it's good are wrong? Isn't this the same argument people make about the Halo series? Just because it sells doesn't mean it's good? The machine is fun to play, maybe not for hours and hours, but who really has the time for that anyway?

I didn't know you could find the 8800GT for it's MSRP...as far as I knew it was selling for $50-70 over that. While the HD 3870 prices have settled down to ~$10 over at a few retailers.

this makes more sense than "there's no competition". With AMDs price cuts on Phenom, I imagine they'll offer a decent threat, not an enthusiast threat, but a threat still. 45nm is going to make Intel more money, so why would they delay it except to ensure they're not undercutting a large stock...