NeilT

reason for asking is that just over a year ago I bought an HP Pavillion desktop with 3.4Ghz P4 processor, 1Gb DDR and GeForce FX 5700, 1GB DDR for a little over £1200. And for once a year later all the latest stuff runs just fine on it.

Was expecting that a year later the shops would be selling at least 4Ghz machines, but still they are peddling 2.8/3.0/3.4 machines.

Which puzzles me......so have chip manufacturers hit a brick wall getting to 4Ghz or is there just a backstock of 2.8/3.0 machines?

Anyone got any ideas?

Neil

john_s

iTrader: (1)

I think it was power issues that stopped Intel pushing to 4GHz.

AMD seem to be more efficient, and are producing CPU's that compete with Intel with lower clock rates.

The current trend seems to be taking things dual core.... 2 CPU cores on one die / in one package.

John.