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Pentium 4 2.8GHz

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the need-for-speed dept.

DigitaBiscuit writes "The new 2.8GHz Pentium 4 has been officially launched by Intel today. Sporting a 533MHz System Bus, this new P4 looks to put the hurt on AMD's new Athlon XP 2600+. Benchmarks and a full review with performance versus AMD's new chip, can be found here." The NDAs must be expiring today, since we already have another review submitted as well.

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  1. I'm shocked. by magicslax · · Score: 3, Funny

    My next prediction: AMD will release a processor that's even faster! Nobody will expect that one.

    Distant future (more than one week): Intel will release a processor that's faster than that one!


    What if the video chipset industry was the same way? Whoa. ;-)

  2. "Intel ups the anti once again" by khuber · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm normally not a spelling Nazi, but "anti"? It's ante, dammit.

    Learn your gambling terms, kids, or they'll laugh you out of Vegas.

    -Kevin

  3. Did any other late-night owls... by guttentag · · Score: 2, Funny
    ...glance at the headline and read "Pentium 42.8GHz?" I wonder what kind of cryogenic storage compartment that box would require... I'll bet it makes the Internet really fast(TM), though.

    OK, I officially need sleep now.

  4. Let's all work on the REAL bottlenecks... by teamhasnoi · · Score: 5, Funny
    Like Disk access, and video, and whatever else keeps me waiting for things to happen.

    I'm sorry (not), but I should NEVER have to wait for anything. Not with a P4 2.x Mirkwood. Or AMD 2xxx+ GTZ. I want instant reaction like Beos had. On my pentium 225. Click, Click. Off I go.

    Hard drives are fast(?) and cheap, but still saddled with the bloat code that gets written for this new stuff.

    OT, but I would like to see an office suite written by John Carmack. That would rule. Misspelled words would have 3d blood dripping out of them, and fast, fast, fast.

    Ok. Time for sleem.p

  5. Impromptu Poll by Perdo · · Score: 4, Funny
    Paper releases of fast processors:

    () bore me to death.
    () make me want to claw my eyes out.
    () bore me to death.
    () makes me wonder why 3% performance gain is worth 100% price.
    () bore me to death.
    () Makes me think of people in cubes typing 180 wpm.
    () bore me to death.
    () CowboyNeal
    --

    If voting were effective, it would be illegal by now.

  6. Talk about adding insult to injury... by rubinson · · Score: 4, Funny

    I knew that my P200 was getting old when they released this newfangled "AGP" slot. And I realized that it was obsolete when GHz processors started coming out. But approaching 3 GHz?!? That's just rubbing salt in the wound.

  7. Re:Just contributes to that mountain in China by martyn+s · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is slashdot! Do people on car enthusiast sites talk about the fact that most people don't need 500 HP cars? I mean, seriously, what planet are you living on. Luddite ;)

  8. Re:Who cares? by Surak · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just think of it this way... If I was to UNDER-clock this processor to your speed (400MHz) it would run so cool that it would actually ABSORB HEAT!!! Take THAT, all you physists!

    Hmmmm...a P4-based air conditioner.... :-P

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