AMD DTX Specification System Preview @ Legit Reviews

[omgNikkiB]

"Over the past ten months AMD has brought the DTX specification from a design on
paper to an actual product that works. It is obvious that AMD is listening to market
demands, as just this year alone they have announced low-wattage 45W desktop
processor offerings and the DTX specification that will help make HTPC's smaller,
cooler and quieter. Now that AMD has gotten the ball rolling industry partners such
as Albatron, Asus, Cooler Master, ECS, Gigabyte, MSI, Silverstone, and Thermaltake
need to pick up the DTX form factor and run with it."

or

"With the reference DTX system running AMD Cool’n’Quiet technology the power
consumption results were awesome. At idle the entire test system consumed just 43W
and at full load with two instances of Super Pi running it was 75W! Part of this is
due to the fact it has integrated graphics, but it's still impressive to see a
system using this small of a footprint when it comes to energy usage..."


http://www.legitreviews.com/article/580/1/