[TriLUG] AMD and reliability

[Tanner Lovelace]

On 8/3/05, Barry Gaskins <barry.gaskins at gmail.com> wrote:
>    I read an article a few years back where they removed the heatsink
> and cooling fan from an intel processor and an AMD processor and then
> ran the computers until it overheated.  Of course both of them
> overheated pretty quickly but the intel processor had some type of
> thermal sensor that shut down the chip before any permanent damage was
> done but the AMD processor lacked anything like that so it self
> destructed.
>    That was a few years back so AMD may have added such protection in
> the latest chips.  I tend to agree though that AMD is currently a
> better value.  You can buy a lot of heatsinks and cooling fans to be
> sure you don't overheat for the difference in the price of comporable
> chips.

That was a few years ago and iirc, they had the machine playing quake or
something when they did it.  The intel chip instantly and automatically
throttled down to a much slower speed while the AMD chip instantly
self destructed. :-(

But, that's an extreme test case. :-)

Cheers,
Tanner
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