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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. actual link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Link to the actual forum posting, complete with pics.

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php ?t=70225&page=5&pp=25

  2. Re:More info and a pic or two by The+Hobo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here you go Clicky

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    There is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men. -- Boondock Saints
  3. Re:World record? by pooly7 · · Score: 5, Informative

    That's not exactly true, you can compute the Nth binary digit of PI without the need of the previous one. Here is the guy who discover it : http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/pi/