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Intel Northwood CPU Review

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the king-of-the-hill dept.

gcshaw2nd writes: "Here it is, the first hands-on review I've seen of Intel's new Northwood chip, running at two gigahertz. It overclocks like a hog, easily to 2.5Ghz."

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  1. YES WE NEED MORE CPU POWER by ergo98 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Why is it that every story about ever increasing CPU speeds is met by about 50% postings claiming that such speed isn't necessary unless you "want 500 fps in Quake"? I've seen these sorts of posts since back in the BBS days when the new 486 came out, immediately to be met by 50 posts (usually by people who feel a need to justify whatever they own) claiming that "a 386/33 is more power than anyone needs anyways!". Bah.

    There are countless benefits to the increased speed (and of course like always: Once you use a higher speed system for a while suddenly you notice, clear as a sunny day, that yes there IS a very noticable difference, and suddenly that previously adequate machine seems pokey), and if you don't realize what they are then continue using whatever it is you use, but save the "500 fps in Quake" rhetoric (here I am with what would have been a cutting edge machine one year ago and Operation Flashpoint runs with frame rates in the single digits, yet even still it isn't a fraction as complex of a "world" as it could be if more powerful systems were prevalent).