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Athlon 64 Mobile or Athlon 64 for Notebooks
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I am a newbe to AMD processor. I don't understand the difference beetwen these two kind of processor: Mobile AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 for Notebooks Can somebody help me ? Thank you in advance |
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:40:28 +0000, Antonio D'Ambrosio wrote:
I am a newbe to AMD processor. I don't understand the difference beetwen these two kind of processor: Mobile AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 for Notebooks Can somebody help me ? Thank you in advance It appears to be the same. No difference, just a play on how they are presented, since the mobile A64 is for notebooks. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:21:06 +0000, Wes Newell wrote:
On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:40:28 +0000, Antonio D'Ambrosio wrote: I am a newbe to AMD processor. I don't understand the difference beetwen these two kind of processor: Mobile AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 for Notebooks Can somebody help me ? Thank you in advance It appears to be the same. No difference, just a play on how they are presented, since the mobile A64 is for notebooks. I'm pretty sure that the mobile part is an underclocked desktop part. If you take a faster part and run it at a slower speed then you can drop the core voltage. Power consumption is based on a square of the voltage so a small drop in voltage can result in a significant reduction of power. If you take a 3700+ and sell it as a 3200+, that part can run at a lower voltage and than a part that just makes the 3200+ speed. So marking a faster part with a slower number allows you to call that part a mobile processor even though it's no different that the desktop part. |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:31:38 -0500, General Schvantzkoph wrote:
On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 09:21:06 +0000, Wes Newell wrote: On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 21:40:28 +0000, Antonio D'Ambrosio wrote: I am a newbe to AMD processor. I don't understand the difference beetwen these two kind of processor: Mobile AMD Athlon 64 AMD Athlon 64 for Notebooks Can somebody help me ? Thank you in advance It appears to be the same. No difference, just a play on how they are presented, since the mobile A64 is for notebooks. I'm pretty sure that the mobile part is an underclocked desktop part. If you take a faster part and run it at a slower speed then you can drop the core voltage. Power consumption is based on a square of the voltage so a small drop in voltage can result in a significant reduction of power. If you take a 3700+ and sell it as a 3200+, that part can run at a lower voltage and than a part that just makes the 3200+ speed. So marking a faster part with a slower number allows you to call that part a mobile processor even though it's no different that the desktop part. They are the same core, but the mobile part is packaged different. it doesn't have a heat spreader/protector. While the spreader does protect the core, it actually reduces heat transfer simply because of the extra layer of material between the actual core and cpu cooler. None of the K7 line had heat spreaders, so basically the mobile and desktop cpu's were pysically the same. Not so with the K8's.Tthere's photos of the two at newegg.com. -- Abit KT7-Raid (KT133) Tbred B core CPU @2400MHz (24x100FSB) http://mysite.verizon.net/res0exft/cpu.htm |
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