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To: pgerassi who wrote (35987)	4/17/2001 4:44:27 AM
From: ted burton	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 275872

So the short answer to my question is NO - you do not have any data on the Pentium 4 processor. The data that you DO have has incorrectly colored your perceptions of this feature. On all the products you mentioned, there is a much smaller difference between high power apps and low power apps than there is on Pentium 4. The 72C is a misunderstanding on your part. The thermal management kicks in at a die temp around 90C. The 50C closet thing is really silly. None of the products you mentioned are spec'd to operate in a 50C external ambient, and most of them will give you the blue screen of death if you try it. Most people would prefer a slowdown to a crash. Your comments on the specs are totally unwarranted - Intel published both TDP and max power from the very beginning. The real beef is that the thermal management gives the Pentium 4 processor an edge, and that seems a little like cheating to die-hard AMD fans. -Ted Burton P.S. I'm an Intel employee, but I never speak for my employer. Just for laughs, check out what a hoot the extreme overclockers think this is (scroll down to Sat. 4-14). It's a little too irreverent for this forum. hardocp.com