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Hmm...So where is the CPU temp I'm seeing reported in the BIOS and in
my motherboard monitoring software coming from?

Neal

Neal "Headcrash" Shifflett

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"I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I'm not sure what you heard was what I meant!"

Chevy = Intel
Ford = Better Idea

[:-T

Marty

So once newer revisions of motherboards come out with support for the
internal diode readings, then there is a possibility of more accurate
readings of the temperature of the core. But the current motherboard-based
CPU temperature readers are pretty good guideposts too.

    Yousuf Khan

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2. It's all about your preferences. I prefer stability on my non-game apps,
over game performance. P3 is better than AMD thingy for what I do.

3. It all works better than it did 2-3 years ago.

4. It all works way better than an Apple 2e.

:)

Pasha

You can say he is, but you'd be missing the point.

Pasha

=)

Pasha

It doesn't really vary from motherboard manufacturer to manufacturer. They
all seem to be using the exact same pieces of silicon to obtain the CPU
temperatures. I think the chips usually come from either Winbond, or Dallas
Semiconductor, or something. The temperature really is taken off of the pins
of the CPU, rather than from within the core itself. Since the pins are
metallic and in direct contact with the CPU, chances are that they have a
good reading of the internal average temperature of the CPU.

    Yousuf Khan

So the fact that AMD has been producing x86 processors for over twenty years
now, with an exemplenary record of compatibility, and the fact that it's got
nearly a 1/4 of the market for x86 processors doesn't help to make you feel
"safe"?

If that doesn't help, then all I can suggest is to buy a steel cage for your
work area, you'll feel plenty "safe" in there. :-)

    Yousuf Khan

I'm flattered!

And no folks... we are not the same person posting under different
\alphas\.

J + D = N, not M. <g>

Regards, JD

http://www.amdmb.com/index.php#News-1836

Pentium 4 Throttling - Lars - Sun, May 20, 2001 - 01:44 PM
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I was just over at JC's and saw he has posted some goodies.....one of
the things I really enjoyed was to read about the Intel Pentium
4.....because I feel people have the right to know the truth about any
products they buy.....and I find it fascinating that you can buy a
processor that will run at half speed occasionally...when you are
paying a small fortune for it....and when it's the flagship of the
company.....here's what JC had to say:

Hmmm .... Something interesting was uncovered by the clock throttling
brigade. Now, I'm still not sure that this is any reason to panic or
complain or anything, but it is acknowledged in an Intel whitepaper
(pdf) that the Pentium 4 is indeed expected to occasionally throttle
down fifty percent (but not often) even when proper cooling methods
are used. This effectively liberates analyst Bert McComas of InQuest,
whose detractors have stated that this 'throttling' only occurs with
improperly implemented cooling practices.

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It's not to validate our purchase, it's to help potential purchasers
make a wiser choice. Let's face it, the cards are stacked against AMD
due to brand recognition, some of us want to see them do well because
they deserve to.
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Shit! No way dood!

I guess you don't know that I work submerged, in a viral fluid, with tiny
man-eating sharks.

=o0

I'd die! I'd need a glass bubble.

Pasha
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We are Bill Gates..... Vernon is the other leg, and the head..

Pasha
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