3.8 GHz P4-570 and E0 Stepping To End Intel's Performance Crisis
Thermal Loss Under High Load Is Up To 104.5 W
Now, let's take a look at the worst case scenario: how much energy does the new P4-570 transform into heat when working under maximum load?
To test this, we stressed the CPU using the well-known utility Prime95. The maximum thermal loss was calculated using the following formula:
Current * Voltage = Power
(41.8 A + 36.1 A) * 1.341 V = 104.46 W
As you can see, for the first time, a desktop processor actually managed to reach a triple-digit value. We did expect this, however, because the 115 W thermal design was meant to run even the 4 GHz version - even though that looks rather difficult today.
The first two voltage regulators of the Abit AS8 measured 41.8 A.
The other two parts of the four-phase system had 36.1 A.
The Pentium 4 570 was running at 1.341 V on the Abit board.
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