3.8GHz Core 2 Extreme

[tgx78]

AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

 

[Marmion]

Check out XS, someone on their forums has got Conroe XE to over 5Ghz

 

[DrMrLordX]

5 ghz on air?

 

[Polish3d]

Not on air but I did some math on it (maybe wrong) but if you follow the same rules of Athlon 64 = Pentium clockspeeds x ~1.7 then a 5ghz conroe is something like a 10-12ghz P4 😀

 

[Neurorelay]

Now when the 8 series Nvidia cards come out, it will be time to upgrade. 🙂

 

[Vegitto]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
5 ghz on air?

LN2.

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

For typical tasks I doubt you'll notice the difference. But for other tasks it will probably feel like 'holy ******'. Systems are becoming too powerful for typical joe yet these companies continue to strive to find excuses for people to upgrade continuously which is frustrating because now we've got landfills with hardware that isn't very slow or old.. C'mon, admit it, if your system was properly configured and you didn't have those ****** components, you wouldn't need that 2.8ghz processor.


"I need windows vista!"

Why?
"Cause it's great"
Why?
"Cause it's newer!"
Ok, so what is your reason for wanting it besides it being newer? What feature does vista have that you can't live with out?"
"Uh...."

I encounter this a lot, vista is just a way to pump money into microsoft and the hardware companies. I bet if microsoft had constraints to work with in, Vista could work in 128MB of ram and be FAST. But because microsoft is obligated to force hardware upgrades for some odd and stupid reason, they just find ways for the OS to take up more ram.

 

[F1shF4t]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

For typical tasks I doubt you'll notice the difference. But for other tasks it will probably feel like 'holy ******'. Systems are becoming too powerful for typical joe yet these companies continue to strive to find excuses for people to upgrade continuously which is frustrating because now we've got landfills with hardware that isn't very slow or old.. C'mon, admit it, if your system was properly configured and you didn't have those ****** components, you wouldn't need that 2.8ghz processor.


"I need windows vista!"

Why?
"Cause it's great"
Why?
"Cause it's newer!"
Ok, so what is your reason for wanting it besides it being newer? What feature does vista have that you can't live with out?"
"Uh...."

I encounter this a lot, vista is just a way to pump money into microsoft and the hardware companies. I bet if microsoft had constraints to work with in, Vista could work in 128MB of ram and be FAST. But because microsoft is obligated to force hardware upgrades for some odd and stupid reason, they just find ways for the OS to take up more ram.

Reason, its easy to program but takes more time to debug and optimise the code than to actually write it.

So they cant be bothered i guess. Its a monopoly why should they care, people will still buy it.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

:shocked:

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

For typical tasks I doubt you'll notice the difference. But for other tasks it will probably feel like 'holy ******'. Systems are becoming too powerful for typical joe yet these companies continue to strive to find excuses for people to upgrade continuously which is frustrating because now we've got landfills with hardware that isn't very slow or old.. C'mon, admit it, if your system was properly configured and you didn't have those ****** components, you wouldn't need that 2.8ghz processor.


"I need windows vista!"

Why?
"Cause it's great"
Why?
"Cause it's newer!"
Ok, so what is your reason for wanting it besides it being newer? What feature does vista have that you can't live with out?"
"Uh...."

I encounter this a lot, vista is just a way to pump money into microsoft and the hardware companies. I bet if microsoft had constraints to work with in, Vista could work in 128MB of ram and be FAST. But because microsoft is obligated to force hardware upgrades for some odd and stupid reason, they just find ways for the OS to take up more ram.

The reason is money. Nothing more. Nothing less. That will never change short of a few thermo-nuclear explosions and cockroaches take over. 😀

 

[DerwenArtos12]

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

For typical tasks I doubt you'll notice the difference. But for other tasks it will probably feel like 'holy ******'. Systems are becoming too powerful for typical joe yet these companies continue to strive to find excuses for people to upgrade continuously which is frustrating because now we've got landfills with hardware that isn't very slow or old.. C'mon, admit it, if your system was properly configured and you didn't have those ****** components, you wouldn't need that 2.8ghz processor.


"I need windows vista!"

Why?
"Cause it's great"
Why?
"Cause it's newer!"
Ok, so what is your reason for wanting it besides it being newer? What feature does vista have that you can't live with out?"
"Uh...."

I encounter this a lot, vista is just a way to pump money into microsoft and the hardware companies. I bet if microsoft had constraints to work with in, Vista could work in 128MB of ram and be FAST. But because microsoft is obligated to force hardware upgrades for some odd and stupid reason, they just find ways for the OS to take up more ram.

Take F.E.A.R as an example. The reason it requires such a high end system to run well is that it's poorly coded. Companies right now realize the order in wich consumers judge a product and are perfectly willing to capitolize on it. Look pretty, people will like you. Demand more out of the hardware than is really anywhere near necessary, people will like you. The problem with common sense anymore is that it's not actually common.

 

[NGExterminator]

starcraft FTW

 

[imported_goku]

Originally posted by: Dark Cupcake

Originally posted by: goku

Originally posted by: tgx78
AT stated that, "The absolute highest we've seen on air is 3.8GHz from a Core 2 Extreme X6800 processor. " :shocked:

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

For typical tasks I doubt you'll notice the difference. But for other tasks it will probably feel like 'holy ******'. Systems are becoming too powerful for typical joe yet these companies continue to strive to find excuses for people to upgrade continuously which is frustrating because now we've got landfills with hardware that isn't very slow or old.. C'mon, admit it, if your system was properly configured and you didn't have those ****** components, you wouldn't need that 2.8ghz processor.


"I need windows vista!"

Why?
"Cause it's great"
Why?
"Cause it's newer!"
Ok, so what is your reason for wanting it besides it being newer? What feature does vista have that you can't live with out?"
"Uh...."

I encounter this a lot, vista is just a way to pump money into microsoft and the hardware companies. I bet if microsoft had constraints to work with in, Vista could work in 128MB of ram and be FAST. But because microsoft is obligated to force hardware upgrades for some odd and stupid reason, they just find ways for the OS to take up more ram.

Reason, its easy to program but takes more time to debug and optimise the code than to actually write it.

So they cant be bothered i guess. Its a monopoly why should they care, people will still buy it.

Originally posted by: DerwenArtos12
Take F.E.A.R as an example. The reason it requires such a high end system to run well is that it's poorly coded. Companies right now realize the order in wich consumers judge a product and are perfectly willing to capitolize on it. Look pretty, people will like you. Demand more out of the hardware than is really anywhere near necessary, people will like you. The problem with common sense anymore is that it's not actually common.

Both excellent answers, nonetheless it'd be nice if they for once thought more around the lines of people upgrading the software with out paying for the hardware instead of forcing people to buy new systems...

 

[Gstanfor]

Microsoft makes the vast majority of their money from selling their programs with new systems, so they have a vested interest in new systems being sold.

 

[lifeblood]

Vista might have been worth buying IF they had kept everything in it they had originally said would be there. But now I hardly see the benefit.

 

[zephyrprime]

It's hard to picture how fast your computer will feel like at that clock speed. I guess you should have 150G Raptors in raid-0 to draw full potential..

Yeash. In the past I've gotten new systems that were hundreds of percent faster than my previous computer. Those days are gone now so let's not overstate the significance of conroe even though it is a good product.