Whats the big fuss on prossessor speed
This is a discussion about Whats the big fuss on prossessor speed in the Windows Hardware category; You will have to excuse me but I don't understand what all of the fuss is about having the fastest prossessor. For most of us a 600 pent is more than sufficiant. Who needs a gig prossessor or two 1 gig prossessors, all's were doing is making Intel a wealther companie than it already is.
You will have to excuse me but I don't understand what all of the fuss is about having the fastest prossessor.
For most of us a 600 pent is more than sufficiant. Who needs a gig prossessor or two
1 gig prossessors, all's were doing is making Intel a wealther companie than it already is.
I mean lets face it unless your doing a lot of high end cad or graphics you don't need it
If you realy want speed keep your 5 or 600 mhz prosessor and through in a 7200 rpm harddrive and watch how much faster your system is,and that hard drive will last you a long time.
Just thought i'd through my .02 cents in for what its worth.
For most of us a 600 pent is more than sufficiant. Who needs a gig prossessor or two
1 gig prossessors, all's were doing is making Intel a wealther companie than it already is.
I mean lets face it unless your doing a lot of high end cad or graphics you don't need it
If you realy want speed keep your 5 or 600 mhz prosessor and through in a 7200 rpm harddrive and watch how much faster your system is,and that hard drive will last you a long time.
Just thought i'd through my .02 cents in for what its worth.
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All this talk makes me want an athlon. I heard their getting alot cheaper.
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Go for it A-guy.
The new pent gig is out. My little p 500 is starting to look aufull slow, im sorry I started this thread.
The new pent gig is out. My little p 500 is starting to look aufull slow, im sorry I started this thread.
JMD, going back to your original question, here is my 2 cents. Were you ever into suping up old cars when you were younger (or still doing it today)? Always pushing for a .10th of of second off at the quarter mile, running against others for the bragging right to whose car is the fastest? For us computer freaks, it is the same thing. My celeron 300A@450 was getting old, but it is still a good processor and does almost everything smoothly still. But here came the reviews of the Celeron II 566 cpu's running at 850. I had to have one. Just so I can say that now my system runs at 850. Truthfully, there wasnt that much of a gain from 450. But is a rush to see it that high for the first time. Just like breaking the 13 second barrier at the track with an old car.
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Celeron II 566@700, Abit BH6, 160 RAM, Seagate Barracuda 20.4gig 7.2k rpm UDMA66, Modified Promise ultra66 turned into a Fasttrack hack, 48x Lite-on CDROM
Diamond v770 tnt2 16 meg, Voodoo2 8, meg, 17"Daytek
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Celeron II 566@700, Abit BH6, 160 RAM, Seagate Barracuda 20.4gig 7.2k rpm UDMA66, Modified Promise ultra66 turned into a Fasttrack hack, 48x Lite-on CDROM
Diamond v770 tnt2 16 meg, Voodoo2 8, meg, 17"Daytek
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Good point Tim.
Yes I was into suping up old car, I had a 72
Lamans Sport this thing kicked ass,but to get it to kick ass it cost me a kings ransom,when
it came time to sell it I got about 10% of what I put in it. I guess the point I was trying to make is what is the cut off point?
I guess its up to the individual, if you can afford to go out and spend big bucks just to have the latest and it puts a smile on your face then go for it, but if its putting you in the poor house then maby its time to take
a step back and take another look.
Cheers
Yes I was into suping up old car, I had a 72
Lamans Sport this thing kicked ass,but to get it to kick ass it cost me a kings ransom,when
it came time to sell it I got about 10% of what I put in it. I guess the point I was trying to make is what is the cut off point?
I guess its up to the individual, if you can afford to go out and spend big bucks just to have the latest and it puts a smile on your face then go for it, but if its putting you in the poor house then maby its time to take
a step back and take another look.
Cheers
Well said to this point. I too would agree that it is up to the individual as to where to draw the line. If you have nothing else to spend your money on, than by all means get the latest & greatest. If however, youor funds are limited than you will have to rely on the hand-me-downs from your friends.
I am quite content with the system I have now. I recently upgraded from an AMD K6-266 to a dual PII 300 system. It does what I want it to do, and is quite a litte kicker in its own right.
Dual PII 300Mhz
SuperMicro P6DLS motherboard with dual channel SCSI
256mb RAM
Vellocity 4400 16mb video card
2) WD 4.3gb IDE HDD
2) WD 4.3gb UWSCSI HDD (7200)
1) Internal SCSI Zip drive
I am quite content with the system I have now. I recently upgraded from an AMD K6-266 to a dual PII 300 system. It does what I want it to do, and is quite a litte kicker in its own right.
Dual PII 300Mhz
SuperMicro P6DLS motherboard with dual channel SCSI
256mb RAM
Vellocity 4400 16mb video card
2) WD 4.3gb IDE HDD
2) WD 4.3gb UWSCSI HDD (7200)
1) Internal SCSI Zip drive
