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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. Re:World record? by BroncoInCalifornia · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Acrobat for Linux loads a lot faster than Acrobat for Windows!

    ( I will probobly get modded down for "off topic". Well there goes my Karma!

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