Intel sets the bar at 4GHz for 2004

[NFS4]

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5110034.html?tag=nefd_top

 

[compudog]

Thanks for the link NS4!


.<---runs off to read...

 

[JBT]

cool reading now..

 

[DaveSimmons]

And at 4 GHz your PC will also double as a space heater

But a 4 GHz P4 or A64 4000+ plus the Fall '04 graphics cards should make for some great gaming systems.

 

[JammingJay]

Interesting reading. Thx

 

[ViRGE]

I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

Who pi$$ed in your corn flakes?

 

[squirrel dog]

NF , at what speed does the p4 have ht ? I thought it was at 3g+ but on p/w I have seen vendors that advertize at 2.6 , 2.8 ect ? I would like to go with a p4 upgrade that has ht thats why I am asking. Also what do you think is the best p4 mo/bo , dont need raid or anything else but speed .

 

[Wingznut]

The 'c' series P4's have HT (and an 800mhz FSB). They start at 2.4ghz and go up to 3.2ghz.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

Intel
Nov '02 -- 3.06 GHz
Nov '03 -- 3.20 GHz

Increase of 4.375%

AMD
Nov '02 -- 2.25 GHz
Nov '03 -- 2.2 GHz

:beer:

 

[Linux23]

not impressed. that article basically states that intel could hit 4ghz in 2004, that could mean December 2004.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

I know I know, but Intel forgot to pay attention to Moore's law(and yes, I know it's not speed, it's transistors, but it's a joke: laugh). As far as recent history with the P4(and P3 I suppose), Intel has seen returns closer to a 50% boost than they have with a 0% boost; last year seems to be a fluke, especially compared to the blistering year of 2002(where they went from 2ghz to 3.06ghz), in which Intel more or less maxed out the core in a single year. They're going to do better than 25% on Prescott, and I think they could do it faster too if they wanted.

PS NFS, no one pissed in my breakfast cerel, I'm just stating that increasing the P4 by 25% isn't something particularly amazing or unreasonable; consumers should expect something like that considering the drop to .09

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Linux23
not impressed. that article basically states that intel could hit 4ghz in 2004, that could mean December 2004.

that does mean december 2004 they have to ramp the prescott from 2.8-4.0. Dont forget Prescott also has SSE3, HT improvments, and 1MB L2

 

[50]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Linux23
not impressed. that article basically states that intel could hit 4ghz in 2004, that could mean December 2004.

that does mean december 2004 they have to ramp the prescott from 2.8-4.0. Dont forget Prescott also has SSE3, HT improvments, and 1MB L2

Not to mention a hefty price tag...

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: 50

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: Linux23
not impressed. that article basically states that intel could hit 4ghz in 2004, that could mean December 2004.

that does mean december 2004 they have to ramp the prescott from 2.8-4.0. Dont forget Prescott also has SSE3, HT improvments, and 1MB L2

Not to mention a hefty price tag...

all new cpus have a hefty price tag

and the Prescott 2.8 3.0 3.2 actually shouldnt be bad at all. Its the 3.4+ that will debut at intels usual $450+ sticker.

 

[Sheriff]

Promises promises promises, I'll believe it when it happens with the hefty price tag and staggered performance which won't suprize me either as it's all good in the Tech world!

 

[JackBurton]

Hey, but they didn't mention what FSB they'd be at! Maybe 1200MHz FSB or more? That would be sweet!

 

[Rectalfier]

I hope they release those 533FSB Prescott's I keep hearing about. I want to keep this Asus P4B533 as long as i can.

 

[thatsright]

Originally posted by: Rectalfier
I hope they release those 533FSB Prescott's I keep hearing about. I want to keep this Asus P4B533 as long as i can.

Sorry man, but I don't think you will be able to run a Prescott (or whatever the brand name will eventually be called) on your ASUS board. Now if Wintel sells the Prescott/P5 in a crippled 'Prescott Celeron' version @ 533Mhz FSB you would think that would work in your mobo, and it should. BUT the new power requirements for Prescott is what has delayed the introduction of Prescott by 3 months. Basically the new Voltage requirements for Prescott are far beyond anything that many of the older P4 motherboards can supply and also most of the 865 & 875 boards.

Just my $0.03

 

[Rectalfier]

Acording to a roadmap I read a couple weeks ago, they will be releasing Prescott cores with 256kb and 512kb L2 cache, using the 533FSB. I hope my board can handle it.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

What ever happend to moores law?

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

What ever happend to moores law?

Moores law was over playing in the GPU world last year

 

[Duvie]

Originally posted by: JackBurton
Hey, but they didn't mention what FSB they'd be at! Maybe 1200MHz FSB or more? That would be sweet!

hat ram would be running with that??? I haven't seen any reliable 600ddr and I don't intel is going asynch with a platform and go back to ddr and memory limitations on a platform....

I think we could see 4x233 or 933fsb since pc3700 is getting pretty good......maybe even 1000fsb could make it by the end of next year as that technology gets better...

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: Wingznut

Originally posted by: ViRGE
I don't know why this is news. Of course they'll hit it; I mean 4ghz is only 25% higher than the current 3.2ghz they top out at, and 25% is a very reasonable goal for 1 year for a CPU company, they really should be shooting higher.

What percentage did both AMD and Intel gain in mhz last calendar year?

(Hint: Nowhere near 25%. )

Intel
Nov '02 -- 3.06 GHz
Nov '03 -- 3.20 GHz

Increase of 4.375%

AMD
Nov '02 -- 2.25 GHz
Nov '03 -- 2.2 GHz

:beer:

lol I love how AMD's clock speed went DOWN ha funny stuff.