Pentium 4 Overclocked to 7.1GHz, Sets World Record

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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The "dangers" of overclocking.

[rob_squared]

So there you are, with your 3.53 GHz computer asking yourself, can I make this faster? The answer, of course, is yes. But you also have to ask yourself, is this stable? The answer to that one is no. If your instructions take longer to execute than the number of cycles available to them, it just can't do the work and you get junk in your registers.

Fun factor: 10

Usefulness: 2

Re:In related news..

[sankyuu]

It would have been funny if it wasn't a week right after August 6 (Hiroshima) / August 9 (Nagasaki). And the mention of the word "casualty" reminded me of a witness account.

Although I probably wouldn't have known if I weren't working in Japan.