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Overclockers Top 6GHz With A 3.6GHz-Rated P4

Posted by timothy on from the ambitious dept.

sH4RD writes "The 6GHz barrier has been broken by two guys, a little LN2 (liquid nitrogen for those not as chemistry inclined), and an Intel Pentium 4 (Prescott) 3.60GHz. Check out some icing and some proof of speed. Better yet take a look at how fast it calculates pi. Also be sure to check out the original announcement."

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  1. LAN Party! by sammy_cda · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can't wait to take mine to the next lan party.

  2. L1 icache by p3d0 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The instruction cache is 12K micro-ops. Doesn't that equal 12 milli-ops?

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