old Pentium vs. AMD test without heat sink

An old test by Tom's Hardware showing what happens when you remove the heat sink from various CPUs while playing Quake 3 Arena. Gotta love that 4 channel MOD soundtrack!

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• amd
• intel
• heat
• fanless
• test
• motherboard

[Jerkwad152]

It's not a good test, and here's why. The Pentium 4, and the Tualatin Pentium 3 to a degree, has an internal temperature sensor, and will underclock itself if it gets too hot. The Athlons don't. The Athlon XP has a thermal switch that will send a shutdown signal to the board when it gets too hot. So, yeah, an Athlon will burn up if you do something idiotic like pull the heatsink off of it. :p

[spyro303]

@Jerkwad152 so what makes this a bad test? doesn't it illustrate exactly what you just said?

[hackers09fr]

if compared,intel is more reliable and can last longer than amd although amd is faster than intel...that's a conclusion about it!

[spyro303]

Pretty sure Intel's fastest chips have been faster than AMD's for over a decade. AMD tends to be less expensive, though.

[f00ky3w2oob]

I demand a new video with top quality chips!

[spyro303]

You mean an Athlon 1400 isn't good enough for you?

[MRtucnak]

What is name of the song?

[Jerkwad152]

@spyro303

The test is Tom's Hardware's usual Intel fanboy fare. They just wanted to show roast a couple of Athlons.

[Jerkwad152]

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But then, Tom's Hardware have always been slanted toward Intel...

[Jerkwad152]

(continued)

But then, Tom's Hardware have always been slanted toward Intel...

[ht448]

put beacon on it !!!

[wwyk1993]

@spyro303 He wants to see a 990X vs a 1100T.

[coolaidkiller101]

@iamvACTIONv then you must have a cold house,.my house is 25'c ambient temp,my phenom ii x4 970 runs at 33idle,pentuim 4 always run 45-50 on idle with stock cooler

[iamvACTIONv]

@coolaidkiller101 my amd athlon 7750 black edition runs 23'c on idle