[hellcamino]

Originally Posted by ReverendMaynard

word.

I use VMware...on Intel based servers... and can't figure out what all that junk silicon is doing but it's doing it right lol.

IIRC VMware does work more efficiently on the amd platform but with their hard drive performance I wouldn't bother. If they could compete with intel ICH10R then he might be worth listening to.

[Russianhaxor]

Originally Posted by hellcamino

iirc vmware does work more efficiently on the amd platform but with their hard drive performance i wouldn't bother. If they could compete with intel ich10r then he might be worth listening to.

raid card ftmfw

[Neuromancer]

Originally Posted by Russianhaxor

raid card ftmfw

While that would work for AMD, right now due to limited IOPS controllers, raid cards are severely hampering running SSD drives.

One would either need to run pure software raid or use the Intel onboard solution for multiple SSD drives.

It does not surprise me that news of Intel's wasted power comes to light, they have been playing the TDP game for while now (in relation to monitors, Intel's TDP is like judging a monitor based on gray to gray response times).

Which explains why they pushed for 200w tdp from mobo manufacturers and if I heard correctly, certain i7 boards have two CPU power connectors? Seems unreasonable for a chip that supposedly has a 130W TDP....