The latest observation that I made, was in Pimprig's review/comparison of the Cascade vs the AquaJoe. Seems to me that the issue of heat density (core area/Wattage) is becoming something to be considered in the test bench.
So I'm opting to use two heat dies, and run both sets of data. The first is 10 by 10, similar to the AMD thoroughbred, and the second is *probably* going to be 12 x 13 mm, right smack in the middle of an Intel P4 and an AMD Opteron.
The thing is, "Cascade" would perform better with a higher heat density, but if the newer processors have larger cores, then testing with a 10 x 10 mm die may become irrelevant/obsolete.
Then again, the power coming from those processors is bound to ramp up with the new speeds, to where the heat density might catch up to the 10 x 10 mm die...:shrug: If that happens, I might be better off with two heat dies, one the exact size of an Intel P4, and the other the size of an AMD Opteron.
