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Pentium IV Hits 2 Ghz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the faster-and-faster-they-go dept.

A number of people wrote in with the news that Intel released the 2 Ghz chip. The Tech-Report article points out a couple interesting meta-ideas - this is Intel's chance to retake the performance crown from AMD, as well as being one of those round numbers that makes people feel warm and fuzzy. I'm sure there's going to be gobs of benchmarks today - post 'em in the comments as you find 'em.

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  1. 4.77 Ghz? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sure hope, for the sake of good ol' times, they'll be manufacturing a 4.77Ghz processor soon...

  2. How noisy is this beastie? by jmichaelg · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've quit upgrading due to noise. The fans needed to cool a 1.2 ghz Athlon are too noisy as it is. I ended up water cooling my machine, not to get it to overclock but just to get it to shut up.

    Maybe when the 4 ghz chips are out, they'll have figured out how to lower the power requirement so that our computers don't sound like small jet turbines.