Does anyone know this?

Des_Zac

Des_Zac

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I'm just curious... but whats the highest number of Ghz a processor can go to now? The highest I've seen was I think 3.8 or 3.66 or something but I'm pretty sure they can go higher than that.... Does anyone know?
 
Yup with extreme cooling they can pull some nice speeds,Its not all about Clock speed though Des.
 
yeah, those are only with EXTREME overclocking and cooling, for regular processors clocked above 3ghz, most people can get close to 4, and with a liquid cooler alot get closer to 4.5ghz.
 
Here's one of the more well known P4 overclocking videos up to 6Ghz
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I do not think you are understanding what gigahertz and processing power actually are so I will briefly explain. A processor running at 2 gigahertz goes through 2 billion clock cycles in one second.

Gigahertz only measures the clock speed of the processor (how many cycles it can handle per second) -- not the overall performance. This is because gigahertz measures only a single aspect of a processor. Some processors can perform more calculations per clock cycle than others.

It is difficult to compare many processors by simply comparing clock speeds. Processors with newer technology can perform more calculations per clock cycle than an older central processing units.

For example is an Athlon II 240 Dual-Core 2.8 gigahertz Processor versus an Intel Pentium D Dual-Core 960 3.6 gigahertz Processor. The Athlon II 240 has better technology and can perform more calculations per clock cycle over the Pentium D 960. The more powerful processor in this example is the Athlon II 240 despite it only running at 2.8 gigahertz clock speed versus the Pentium D 960 running at a 3.6 gigahertz clock speed.
 
Hmm.... thats interesting, I've always just looked at the clock speed but from now on I'll make sure to research it instead of just passing by the lower ones.


Also, what is liquid cooling? Is it worth it for a casual computer and how much does it usually cost?
 
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Liquid cooling is for extreme overclocks or for use in very hot climates. Though it's nice to have, if you change hardware a lot, air cooling is less of a hassle to reinstall, especially with graphics cards.
 
i normally look at anandtach.com when looking at cpu because their benchmark area has most that you can buy and it has a good varriety of tests so you can see where which ones shine to get the overall idea of which is better for what you want
 
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