We’ve been debating how good are those newly released chips, Athlon X2 from AMD and Pentium D 840 EE from Intel.

The following 2 tests are stress tests performed by TomsHardware running on Athlon 64 X2 4800 and Pentium D 840 EE, to test the stability and performance.

Stress Test On Athlon X2 4800

Stress Test On Pentium D 840 EE

By the time I write this article (12:36:00 PM EST), Athlon X2 4800 has been running for 46 h and 14 min with 0 reboot !! Meanwhile, Pentium D 840 EE has been running for 24 h and 1 min and rebooted 3 times.

Besides, as you can see, the temperature of Athlon X2 4800 is fluctuating between 50 – 55 Celcius, whereas Pentium D 840 EE is fluctuating between 60 – 70 Celcius. I have a feeling the frequency of reboot might due to the heat generated by the processor. 50 – 55 Celcius for a Dual Core processor is kind of amazing because even I am using a single core AMD64 very often my CPU temperature stays around 55 Celcius using the heatsink and cooling fan procided by the manufacturer.

HmMMm… Is the extra money for AMD Athlon X2 well worth the stability and low heat? You decide. :)

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At a press conference held in Nairobi, Kenya, Nokia revealed its strategy to bring the benefits of mobility to new growth markets by introducing the Nokia 1110 and Nokia 1600. This two models are aiming at first time users and consumers in growth markets like Africa. Somehow, I can’t find both of them in Nokia’s Malaysia website, not even the US website too.
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The first-ever ThinkPad X41 Tablet Series (X41T) that converts to a tablet PC will make its debut on Monday, June 6,2005.

This is the first computer released by China’s Lenovo Group following its purchase of IBM’s legendary PC business earlier this year.
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At Intel’s Wireless and Mobility Press Day on Thursday, June 2, 2005, Mooly Eden – vice president and general manager of the company’s mobile platforms group – described the company’s next generation notebook technology, code-named Napa. Basically, Napa’s centerpiece: Intel’s coming Yonah mobile processor- the company’s first dual-core CPU for notebooks.
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