The reason *I* would use a faster processor would be to speed up video editing. I process vacation videos and other stuff from my Digital8 camera(DV) to DivX for the space savings and to reclaim my tapes.
On my Celeron 400, I can play most games, but compressing one hour of video takes close to 8 hours...
My roommate has an Athlon 2000+ and the compression is at realtime. A real boon if you ask me.
My roommate does audio processing(music, soundeffects, etc...) and for him the faster machine means instead of waiting ten minutes to re-render the music with the chosen effects it only takes a minute. Another blazingly huge win for faster processors.
I used to do 3d stuff for fun, so that's yet another project that could be greatly improved with faster processors.
The REAL reason we need faster processors? Well it's human nature to push things to the limit. When we find we can do something faster, we'll either do more of it, or improve it(and make it require more power as well).
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The reason *I* would use a faster processor would be to speed up video editing. I process vacation videos and other stuff from my Digital8 camera(DV) to DivX for the space savings and to reclaim my tapes.
On my Celeron 400, I can play most games, but compressing one hour of video takes close to 8 hours...
My roommate has an Athlon 2000+ and the compression is at realtime. A real boon if you ask me.
My roommate does audio processing(music, soundeffects, etc...) and for him the faster machine means instead of waiting ten minutes to re-render the music with the chosen effects it only takes a minute. Another blazingly huge win for faster processors.
I used to do 3d stuff for fun, so that's yet another project that could be greatly improved with faster processors.
The REAL reason we need faster processors? Well it's human nature to push things to the limit. When we find we can do something faster, we'll either do more of it, or improve it(and make it require more power as well).