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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. w00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Caleb Jaffa Hits 2 Ghz
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    What the hell is this?

    Your comment violated the postercomment compression filter. Comment aborted

  2. 2GHz to Texas.... by CmdrTaco+on · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    2.5 to hell!

    All ye PM5K fans rejoice! It's a shame though, the album was supposed to be released tomorrow. Now it's been postponed indefinitely. Blah.

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    saru mo ki kara ochiru

  3. Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard sad news on talk radio - Horror/fiction writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine house this morning. I'm sure we'll all miss him - even if you didn't read his books you've probably enjoyed one of his movies. Truly an American icon.

    1. Re:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Dude, will you stop with your 'X is dead' comments. They are lame.

  4. oh no! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It's truely a sad day in American history :( King was one of my favorite authors.

  5. Heating problems by Leimy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Now it will twice as fast to heat up to the point that it goes to half speed which is 1Ghz. I guess you can call that progress.

    They really have to work on cooling those things better. Dell sells em really cheap though. But I am currently in the market for a Mac of some sort. Who knows... Computers are really cheap these days. :)

  6. Re:More... by tcc · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    that came out weird heh... one that didn't make it completely thru (heck I did preview post, and slasdot added stuff that wasn't in the preview ([name.com]) ) So I saw my little tag error AFTER it was submitted..



    Hardware Unlimited's review

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