Oh, and because of this too-
The Sense Or Nonsense Of High Speed Processors-
"There is another reason why the majority of people out there could and still can do just fine without 1.xx GHz processors. 99% of today's software performs just fine on Pentium III or Athlon systems with clock speeds of 1 GHz or even less. It is difficult to find a sensible justification for the purchase of a 1.4 GHz or faster system if there ain't any software that takes advantage of it. Even computer games, which used to be the No.1 clock speed eaters, are running perfectly on slower machines, especially once this system has been upgraded with a fast graphics card. This situation shows that the release of a processor at 2 GHz is pretty much the last thing we users really needed. The main catch of Intel's Pentium 4 2 GHz launch is that it improves Intel's prestige. Finally Intel can once again declare that it's making the doubtlessly fastest microprocessor. Intel hasn't been able to say that for a rather long time. "
Athlons at 1.2ghz are about $100 and run the hell out of everything.
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[ 09-29-2001: Message edited by: Creamo ]
