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When do you suppose AMD will have a 2.8 Ghz chip?

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gopunk

Lifer
i mean Ghz, not their funky numbering system. reason being, i want to upgrade my computer when the cpu is twice as fast, but i don't know how long i'm going to have to wait.
 
I don't think that it's worth to wait to upgrade. Northwood 1.6A@2.4 is a great CPU. You get top of the line performance. Of course, this combo isn't all that cheap, but considering that it would be the fastest single CPU system right now its worth the money.
 
Originally posted by: PsychoAndy
well, some of our more.....lets say creative and technologically inclined members probably already do
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They'd have to be really, really creative, considering that's 1000 MHz faster than the current top rated XP's actual frequency. XP's aren't known for their OCing capability, so a >50% OC would be highly unlikely short of extreme cooling measures.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Booster
I don't think that it's worth to wait to upgrade. Northwood 1.6A@2.4 is a great CPU. You get top of the line performance. Of course, this combo isn't all that cheap, but considering that it would be the fastest single CPU system right now its worth the money.
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That's what I got. 😀
 
They push the cooling envelope with a 1.5 Ghz (xp1700+). They would need dry ice to cool something that ran as fast as 2.8 Ghz with their current technology.
 
Originally posted by: Booster
I don't think that it's worth to wait to upgrade. Northwood 1.6A@2.4 is a great CPU. You get top of the line performance. Of course, this combo isn't all that cheap, but considering that it would be the fastest single CPU system right now its worth the money.
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A 2.4B OC'd would be even faster.

😉

And a 1.6A is definitely a cheap CPU. A true 2.4 isn't.

Viper GTS
 
Originally posted by: Booster
I don't think that it's worth to wait to upgrade. Northwood 1.6A@2.4 is a great CPU. You get top of the line performance. Of course, this combo isn't all that cheap, but considering that it would be the fastest single CPU system right now its worth the money.
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yea i was hoping for an AMD because they're cheaper 🙂
 
uh how easy is it to oc the 1.6? do i need any special cooling? my 1.4 athlon is not oc'ed and runs at 120, but i guess pentiums are cooler to begin with...
 
I am going to wait for 9GHZ chip come out for next serious upgrade. Actually, upgrade is a deceiving word, I don't do upgrade, when I feel my system gets too slow...I will linger on for 2 or 3 years more until the speed is totally unacceptable then I will buy a new system. My first system: 486DX-66 with 16mb (after double-upgraded!)...second(current) system: 900 athlon with 256mb memory....future system: hopefully...a 9ghz...but we will see😉
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
i mean Ghz, not their funky numbering system. reason being, i want to upgrade my computer when the cpu is twice as fast, but i don't know how long i'm going to have to wait.
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When the Hammer line comes out they should be twice as fast even if the mhz number is not twice as large. Remember that Intel's bad assed Itanium 64 bit CPU is only at 800 mhz.
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
i mean Ghz, not their funky numbering system. reason being, i want to upgrade my computer when the cpu is twice as fast, but i don't know how long i'm going to have to wait.
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18 months from the release date of their 1.4Ghz chip

 
Originally posted by: gopunk
uh how easy is it to oc the 1.6? do i need any special cooling? my 1.4 athlon is not oc'ed and runs at 120, but i guess pentiums are cooler to begin with...
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Retail chip
Mobo
Install mobo
install chip
turn on
set 150fsb in bios
done

Nothing special needed at all (maybe a voltage boost). Running at 2.4 (1.6a@150fsb) myself
 
Originally posted by: Viper GTS
Moore's law refers to transistors per integrated circuit, not clock frequency.

Viper GTS
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You're right. I wasn't thinking.

Athlon 700 was released June 5, 2000 and the 1400 was released June 6, 2001. So maybe the 2800 will come out June 7, 2002? 🙂
 
Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
Originally posted by: gopunk
uh how easy is it to oc the 1.6? do i need any special cooling? my 1.4 athlon is not oc'ed and runs at 120, but i guess pentiums are cooler to begin with...
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Retail chip
Mobo
Install mobo
install chip
turn on
set 150fsb in bios
done

Nothing special needed at all (maybe a voltage boost). Running at 2.4 (1.6a@150fsb) myself
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wow.... switching to the dark side has never been so tempting....
 
Originally posted by: gopunk
i mean Ghz, not their funky numbering system. reason being, i want to upgrade my computer when the cpu is twice as fast, but i don't know how long i'm going to have to wait.
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2.8GHz? Geez you guys are progressing fast.



I'm still using 0.6GHz Pentium III here. I got a defunct 1.4GHz Athey machine that needs to have system installed and all, but even then it's only half of 2.8GHz.
 
I see a bunch of you guys have succumbed to Intel's "megahertz marketing concept". What ever happened to true overall preformance? Where's your technical critique??
 
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