The Truth About PC Power Consumption
Features
By
Patrick Schmid
published
Performance Benchmark Results
We only ran a few typical benchmarks to show the differences between our AMD and Intel test systems.
3DMark06, PCMark05
The 3D standard benchmark 3DMark06 shows similar performance for the two systems.
In the overall score..., the Intel system looks better.
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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.
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trewinnard If you break it down to component level you can get an pretty accurate measurement of what your consumption should be. Checkout this PC power consumption breakdown| http://www.infobarrel.com/PC_power_consumption_explainedReply
Tbuzz -
trewinnard If you break it down to component level you can get an pretty accurate measurement of what your consumption should be. Checkout this PC power consumption breakdown| http://www.infobarrel.com/PC_power_consumption_explainedReply
Tbuzz