AMD's 65nm Brisbane Core Previewed: The most energy efficient AMD CPU to date
by Anand Lal Shimpi on December 14, 2006 6:08 PM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
Gaming Performance & Power Usage - Continued
Our final gaming test is Half Life 2: Episode One, which provides us with another example of slightly lower performance of the new 65nm chip. The difference is less than 5%, so it could just be an unusually high variation between chips. If it isn't an issue with the benchmark then it could be a CPU problem, expected behavior, a BIOS tweak, or an issue with our test platform itself. Rest assured that as soon as we know more we will report it.
Power consumption under Half Life 2: Episode One is actually very good for the X2 5000+, due in part to its lower performance compared to the other AMD/Intel CPUs. The Core 2 Duo E6600 actually consumes the most power here, as it is also feeding the GPU the fastest out of all of the contenders. The higher performance still keeps it in the lead in terms of performance per watt, however.
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smitty3268 - Thursday, December 14, 2006 - link
Yes, I would have appreciated a lower end Core 2 Duo that is more comparable performance-wise as well as the 6600 which matches it's price.Basically, it looks like the new process is only a bit better than the old energy efficient chips, but is clocked higher and will be sold cheaper. The important thing for AMD is probably to get their 65nm process ramped up and have all the bugs ironed out for a good K8L launch.
Accord99 - Thursday, December 14, 2006 - link
What's the problem? The Core 2 Duo gives you both.lollichop - Sunday, February 26, 2017 - link
Wow! Ancient chip fanboys.