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Old July 2, 2008, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Ogdin View Post
Just gotta wait and see what the 790gx + 9950 can do.That 140 tdp looks kinda scary though.
As long as the motherboard is built to support a high TDP then it should be fine.

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But isn't the TDP misleading on AMD chips because they've got the onboard memory controller? Shouldn't the Intel northbridge be factored in as well as the CPU when measuring?
I don't see how this is relevant please explain

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