Processor Speed

[phaedo5]

This may sound like a stupid question, but what happened to processor speeds?

Why aren't we seeing more of a push towards 3GHz or 4GHz processors with new computers. Everything seems mostly between 2 and 3. Apple Mac Pros top out at 3 GHz. Dell is similar. Are these new Core Duos so much better that 2.33 GHz is ten times better than the same speed two years ago?

I know it's a vague question, and no one may want to deal with answering it. But everything I find online is an article from 2000 or something. I can't get a up to date explanation.

Thanks.

[Apokalipse]

Originally Posted by phaedo5

This may sound like a stupid question, but what happened to processor speeds?

Why aren't we seeing more of a push towards 3GHz or 4GHz processors with new computers. Everything seems mostly between 2 and 3. Apple Mac Pros top out at 3 GHz. Dell is similar. Are these new Core Duos so much better that 2.33 GHz is ten times better than the same speed two years ago?

I know it's a vague question, and no one may want to deal with answering it. But everything I find online is an article from 2000 or something. I can't get a up to date explanation.

Thanks.

processors are improving in the amount of instructions they can process per clock cycle.

[nitestick]

yeah, the Core 2 Duo processors are far more efficient than the Pentium 4. they're not 10 times better at the same clock speed but they certainly are a heck of a lot better. the e6300 (1.83GHz, the baby of the "Conroes") is probably better than pretty much every model of Pentium 4/D.

[Dexaroni]

Say you have always owned a semi automatic pistol, which was nice, but today you went out and bought a shotgun. You would kill crows with the pistol, but it wasnt very fast, because you had to kill them one at a time, but now with the shotgun, you can kill about 3 or 4 at a time. You are using less ammunition, but are killing more crows.

That is why the Conroe's use up less ammunition... er, megahertz in order to do the same amount of work.

[hmammen]

Originally Posted by Dexaroni

Say you have always owned a semi automatic pistol, which was nice, but today you went out and bought a shotgun. You would kill crows with the pistol, but it wasnt very fast, because you had to kill them one at a time, but now with the shotgun, you can kill about 3 or 4 at a time. You are using less ammunition, but are killing more crows.

That is why the Conroe's use up less ammunition... er, megahertz in order to do the same amount of work.

i had a very messy representation in my mind from reading this

[nagasama]

Originally Posted by Dexaroni

Say you have always owned a semi automatic pistol, which was nice, but today you went out and bought a shotgun. You would kill crows with the pistol, but it wasnt very fast, because you had to kill them one at a time, but now with the shotgun, you can kill about 3 or 4 at a time. You are using less ammunition, but are killing more crows.

That is why the Conroe's use up less ammunition... er, megahertz in order to do the same amount of work.

YEAH. crows suck.

[Apokalipse]

Originally Posted by nagasama

YEAH. crows suck.

I like crows. They're some of the smartest birds around.

[hmammen]

Originally Posted by Apokalipse

I like crows. They're some of the smartest birds around.

I only hope your kidding!

[Ste]

Originally Posted by hmammen

I only hope your kidding!

Hes not. Crows are/is one of the more intelliegent type/species of birds.

[BennyV04988]

Clock speed is like horsepower...

If you can't get torque to the wheels, you're just blowing smoke. They're just putting the same size engines in lighter cars with better transmissions.