| AMD 790FX - so green |
| Written by John M | |
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It looks like, for the time being, AMD is in a good position to continue ATI's tradition when it comes to chipsets with a frugal energy consumption. When the nForce 4 was the best choice, the Xpress 3200 came about, bringing, not only 40 PCI Express lanes, but even lower power requirements than nVidia's solution. Fast forward to the Core 2 platform and you face extravagant cooling desings, developed to cope with both nVidia and Intel chipsets. At only 8W, AMD's approach couldn't be more far apart, and it places this chipset no less than 40W below it's direct competitor in the Phenom market: the nForce 780. Even considering the total power the RD790 + SB600 combination will need, it's not hard to guess we'll be much better off than with the other power mongers.
PCIe 2.0 and HyperTransport 3 (up to 2.6 GHz, 20.8 GB/s per Link), in combination with TSMC's advanced manufacturing process, turned out to be better than expected.
Link: The Inquirer.
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