fyi
“Hey, Intel; We’ll see your 3.4 GHz and raise you 5.2 GHz”
That’s gonna leave a mark.
In related news, Microsoft has announced their follow-on operating system Windows 8 that will require a minimum 10 GHz processor in order to keep boot times under 5 minutes...
I am able to get 3.4Ghz stable out of my Intel Q6600 2.4Ghz
I needed an aftermarket cooler of course.
Some guys re able to get 3.6+ out of a Q6600.
But whatever, 3.4 made for a big cost savings when i built this PC a few years back.
Now if only i had liquid nitrogen....
Of course, clock speed is only part of what makes a cpu fast. The number of cores it has, how many pipelines, branch prediction capability, on-die cache etc. are equally important factors.
Sweet :)
The only reason I OC my CPU is because I can’t get all 6 cores functioning without it (3% OC)..
I really wish AMD took over nVidia instead of ATI.. ATI has been nothing but trouble. I am pushing 2 nVidia cards.. wish I could find a better cooling system for the vid cards.. impossible here though :/
The only speed that interests me is feet per second at the muzzle.
Don’t clock and especially bus speeds of 4 and up create unavoidable radio interference?
Of course, we are talking about high-level overclocking with liquid helium, which isn't quite your ordinary overclocking material.Most of us on FR use solid helium, so, there. ;') Eight cores, nice, gotta wonder though what kind of yield they'll get when it goes into production, and whether there will be microcode bugs.