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Pentium 4 Overclocked to 7.1GHz, Sets World Record

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the unstable-mutation dept.

Netmonger writes "This Japanese guy overclocked a Pentium 4 to 7.132GHz!! The system managed to calculate pi to 1 million decimal places in 18.516 seconds, setting the world's record." The article notes that a Pentium 4 had been overclocked faster earlier this year, but at that speed it was not possible for the machine to function beyond BIOS. Of course, they'd yet to try diverting power from the dilthium crystal reactor to the deflector array.

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  1. But.,. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does it run... OSX86 ?

    Retep Vosnul

  2. Prove it by Danborg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Paste all the numbers here for verification please.

  3. Jesse James' calculator?? by gearmonger · · Score: 4, Funny

    Calculating Pi is good...but what FPS can it do in Battlefield 2?

  4. In related news.. by leathered · · Score: 5, Funny

    Overclocking experiment results in largest single release of thermal energy in Japan since 1945.

    Casualty figures as yet unknown.

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    1. Re:In related news.. by pwroberts · · Score: 5, Funny

      Some tasteful moderation there by whoever modded the parent "Flamebait"... ;-)

    2. Re:In related news.. by joNDoty · · Score: 5, Funny

      One of my relatives died in the holocaust. It was a horrible, humiliating way to die -- he fell out of the guard tower.

      So please, don't ever joke about the holocaust.

  5. and people womder... by C0vardeAn0nim0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    why siberia's permafrost is melting @_@

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    1. Re:and people womder... by aktzin · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe this is what Sir Arthur C. Clarke meant when he said that supernovae are probably industrial accidents.

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  6. Booting Windows XP by kihjin · · Score: 5, Funny

    The maximum speed at which he could boot Windows XP operating system and perform memory testing was 6.60GHz.

    Funny, since, no matter how fast I OC a Windows XP box, the XP "loading bar" still moves the same old speed.

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  7. pi=42 by Spodlink05 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good job they didn't try that on an original Pentium, what with all those decimal places...

  8. Apple was right! by Geckoman · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now we know why Apple switched to Intel! I can't wait for a PowerBook running one of these, complete with the Ghostbusters-style backpack pumping liquid nitrogen to my laptop!

  9. Diverting power from the dilthium crystal reactor? by exley · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, maybe, but they could really get some serious overclocking done if they just reversed the polarity.

  10. And people said by Drew+Curtis · · Score: 5, Funny

    that x86 would never hit 100MHz!

  11. Still slower than G4! by porneL · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll be missing "nah, that's just megahertz myth".

  12. Re:That's cool but by alragh · · Score: 5, Funny

    About 18.516 seconds by the looks of things

  13. Stardate 7234.1 by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spock: Our ship's computer is running too slow. I project we will collide with the Klingon cruiser in 2.3 minutes.

    Bones: You green blooded sonofabitch.

    Kirk: Bones... shut... up... Scotty, I need 7ghz... now.

    Scotty: I canna do it, cap'n. It'll blow the mains, and Windows 9000 will crash.

    Kirk: No... excuses... Scotty... just get me... 7ghz.

    Scotty (resigned): Aye, cap'n.

    Uruha: We're getting in a signal for Starfleet Command. It's Admiral Gates.

    Kirk: Put... him... on...

    Admiral Gates: Here at Microsoft we believe in innovation. Thus we are sending you SP23482378485847825727347198874741 which will allow Windows 9000 to interact with an overclocked Pentium without making rude sounds and the voice of the computer changing from Majel Barrett to Carrot Top. Let me demonstrate.

    Spock: Admiral Gates, it appears that your demonstration computer has exploded, taking out a large chunk of the planet Earth.

    Scotty: Cap'n, we've got 7ghz now!

    Kirk: Good work, Scotty. Sulu... reboot... the... computer.

    Spock: Captain, it appears there's a penguin on the main viewer.

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    1. Re:Stardate 7234.1 by thumperward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Whoever modded this funny should take a long, hard look at themselves. And never tell jokes again.

        - Chris

  14. Vista requirements by Medieval_Thinker · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...and in related news, Microsoft has revised the minimum processor requirements for Vista.

  15. Re:World record? by ArcticCelt · · Score: 5, Funny
    "The system managed to calculate pi to 1 million decimal places in 18.516 seconds"

    ...but still took 25 to open an Adobe Acrobat document!

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  16. Re:Does it really matter? by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 4, Funny

    How how would they be able to do this without Scotty?!?!

    Easy. They reversed the polarity. You can fix anything by reversing the polarity.

  17. According to his calculation... by TCQuad · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the numbers were 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 0.

  18. Re:wow... by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Funny

    By my estimates, it's about as fast as a Cray-2, but I may be pulling that out of my ass.

    You intend pulling a Cray-2 out of your ass?!

    Are you a fan of the Goatse man by any chance?

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