who will get to 3.2GHz first for a non EE/FX processor?

[996GT2]

That probably won't happen for a while, and even if it does CPUs clocked that high will cost quite a pretty penny. You're probably better off overclocking anyway.

 

[dug777]

Meh, you should have no worries getting that with just about any C2D chip from the AT reviews...

 

[Ayah]

Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 3.2GHz "C".

 

[secretanchitman]

X6800...just up the multiplier by 1x and you're already at 3.2Ghz. simple as that.

you can also overclock most of the core 2 duo chips to around 3Ghz as well.

 

[R3MF]

lol, P4's don't count, they are so rubbish they completely bypass my 3.2GHz dream.

i don't want to O/C, cos i like squeezing as much power as poss into SFF cases, so i want to keep the heat and power consumption down.

 

[Ika]

Originally posted by: R3MF
lol, P4's don't count, they are so rubbish they completely bypass my 3.2GHz drea,.

i don't want to O/C, cos i like squeezing as much power as poss into SFF cases, so i want to keep the heat and power consumption down.

Overclocking a Conroe to 3.2 will be the same as buying a 3.2 Conroe chip...

 

[R3MF]

can we work on the principle that i don't want to O/C?

i ran my 1733/333 T'bird at 2000/200 just like everyone else at the time, but i choose not to do so nowadays.

 

[Keysplayr]

There is a E6900 model that Intel has not launched yet. That is supposed to be clocked at 3.33 Ghz.

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: R3MF
can we work on the principle that i don't want to O/C?

i ran my 1733/333 T'bird at 2000/200 just like everyone else at the time, but i choose not to do so nowadays.

You mean Thoroughbred. You'd be lucky to crack 1500 with a T'bird.

 

[TheRyuu]

If the voltage is high enough, you should be able to reach 3.2ghz. Mine can probably do it if I pump 1.6v through it (which I'll never do).

 

[R3MF]

FFS, can it!

 

[R3MF]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: R3MF
can we work on the principle that i don't want to O/C?

i ran my 1733/333 T'bird at 2000/200 just like everyone else at the time, but i choose not to do so nowadays.

You mean Thoroughbred. You'd be lucky to crack 1500 with a T'bird.

you are quite right, i never clocked my 1.2GHz T-bird, it was indeed my XP2100 that i upped.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

what the point of this thread anyway .
what happens when wither gets to 3.2 GHz. ?

 

[R3MF]

i want informed speculation as to when we will get to 3.2GHz on non EE/FX processors.

i want to know this because i reckon 3.2GHz is a nice number, and i would quite like to get a dual-core processor at that speed.

 

[coldpower27]

Rubbish? lol, the 3.2C Northwood, was better then the Athlon XP's at the time.

If your talking about a processor based on Core 2 or Athlon 64 technology, this may or may not come to pass, anytime soon, 2007 minimum, no way in 2006.

 

[lopri]

Pentium D 940 seems what he wants. (or dreams of, whatever) Indeed, the reality already went past his dream w/ Pentium Extreme Edition 965 @3.7GHz like 6 months ago.

 

[GregGreen]

Originally posted by: coldpower27
Rubbish? lol, the 3.2C Northwood, was better then the Athlon XP's at the time.

If your talking about a processor based on Core 2 or Athlon 64 technology, this may or may not come to pass, anytime soon, 2007 minimum, no way in 2006.

The 3.2C Northwood is still a nice chip. I know I wouldn't even think about getting a new processor to upgrade my 3.0C if it was possible to get a decent PCIe board for socket 478