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MSI K8NGM-V, Continued

At first, we could not enable the energy saving Cool & Quiet feature, which had the Turion 64 lose the efficiency race against the Pentium M in our initial test runs. If, however, one disables the equivalent Intel SpeedStep feature, the systems are on par: 48 W vs. 49 W in idle mode. Check the test results for details.

DDR400 At CL2.0-2-2-5

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.