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Yeah because going from minimum frame rate of 49fps to 60fps is also not a huge jump is it ? 
eg: 2.2 GHz is to 1.8 GHz as 49fps is to 60fps.
Except when comparing video cards if one performs 22% better then all of a sudden it is a huge jump ?
Seriously now....
Try playing Half-Life 2 Lost Coast (example of future game performance) on a 1.8 GHz processor, even with Crossfire Radeon X1900 XT it feels sluggish.
Swap that processor for a 2.2 GHz and suddenly if feels a whole lot smoother.
But what would I know, I've only actually tried doing this and seen it with my own eyes.
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Where do people read this shit ?... really I want to ****ing know.
It can not be the ACTUAL REVISION DOC can it, because here is a link to a document to whom AMD are the author:
Revision Guide for AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Opteron Processors
http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/co [...] /25759.pdf Size: 362.2KB
Now... looking at my two Opteron 270's, neither of them support Cool'n'Quiet, so when at less than 100% load (which is quite often) they only limit power usage to 1/4 as they only support PowerNow!
Lets compare that too an Athlon 64 3700+
- Wow, it actually supports Cool'n'Quiet and can reduce power usage to under 1/12 when not at 100% load
- It also uses less power than some of the Opterons.
Lets have a look at that now shall we ?
- http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/
- http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/opteron/
Now please tell me who told you all that dribble, or was it just made up to push the Opteron (Socket 939 varient) because people think the name just sounds cooler, therefore it is automatically better ?
When the nForce 4 + Opteron 165 combo is 10 years old will people still push it because they are not grasping the IT industry ?... sometimes I wonder.
The Athlon 64 also supports Cool'n'Quiet without doubt, so the fan will spin down when the system is not being hammered. (You don't want Opteron fans spinning at full speed when running Word, Excel, and some browser windows with e-mail open, it gets annoying.... almost as annoying as people spreading mis-information to gain others trust.
Looking at:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processor [...] 33,00.html
- Notice there is only a 'software hack' for the Cool'n'Quiet driver for Linux (which requires other linux software to change clock speeds) and no Cool'n'Quiet driver for Windows.
Now look at:
http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processor [...] 06,00.html
- Note that there is actually a Cool'n'Quiet driver for the Athlon 64's for Windows, and it is not a software hack.
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