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To: deibutfeif who wrote (135985)	5/23/2001 8:05:13 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Here are few remarks: 1. "running at 100 per cent utilisation" It must be a joke. If you run a Norton Commander in a DOS window, the system monitor also will show "100% utilisation" while it will be doing exactly nothing, only a primitive wait loop. The 100% "utilisation" does not have any relation with consumed power. On the other hand, the no-load power of their system was dissipated with 7-8 deg.C above ambient. At their load, the 58C means that the difference grew up to 32C, or about 4 times. This must be a very impressive application! Weren't we told that the max feasible power of P4 is only 25-30% higher than the typical? And now we have an app with 400% more power, right? So, where the truth is? 2. The tool does not display any throttling. When the throttling actually kicks off at 67 deg.C (according to the displayed temperature), no warning was displayed on my system. 3. "And that's with only two of the four fans in the Cooler Master case" Wow! Only two fans! That was impressive. 4. "on a warm afternoon (ambient temp 22-23C)," Warm? It must be Alaska I guess. The thing apparently won't work in Texas or Arizona. Maybe sometimes at nights... Take the ambient 12 deg.C higher (which is not unusual), and you are above the red line. So, take care, "former tech" stuff. - Ali, former "Droid"