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August 20th, 2004, 10:07 PM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
Well, yeah, but amiga's had it build in.
/me wonders how much a new cpu would cost...
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August 20th, 2004, 10:11 PM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
Newer Pentium IVs have it built in...
New CPU will probably cost around 300 to 400 dollars US, unless you want the very newest... which might run up to 600 or so. Then, you have to get a new motherboard, which will be another 130 to 200, depending on what you get...
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August 20th, 2004, 10:16 PM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
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Newer Pentium IVs have it built in...
New CPU will probably cost around 300 to 400 dollars US, unless you want the very newest... which might run up to 600 or so. Then, you have to get a new motherboard, which will be another 130 to 200, depending on what you get...
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Still says something about ibm that it took them that long to get around to it.
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August 20th, 2004, 10:22 PM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
IBM does not make Pentiums. That would be Intel.  So technically, IBM never got around to it.
Intel had essentially no real competition during most of the 90s. It has not been until the past few years when AMD came about that they have needed to really innovate. They had no reason to develop such technologies until recently, really. |
August 20th, 2004, 11:30 PM
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IBM does not make Pentiums. That would be Intel. So technically, IBM never got around to it.
Intel had essentially no real competition during most of the 90s. It has not been until the past few years when AMD came about that they have needed to really innovate. They had no reason to develop such technologies until recently, really.
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Can I get a quick rundown on what getting another 2ghz cpu in there would entail? How much of a speed boost would it provide, please?
This is mostly just curiosity, since I don't have the money, so don't strain yourself.
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August 20th, 2004, 11:55 PM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
A new motherboard, and rebuilding your OS probably.
The speed improvement will max out at about +80%, for bigtime number crunching.
Anything that uses the disk will be just as crappy as before, and memory-intensive work will hold you back too.
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August 21st, 2004, 12:25 AM
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Re: OOT: Thread Overflow Depository (AKA: The Hija
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A new motherboard, and rebuilding your OS probably.
The speed improvement will max out at about +80%, for bigtime number crunching.
Anything that uses the disk will be just as crappy as before, and memory-intensive work will hold you back too.
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Is it worth it for games? Doesn't sound like it. Thanks.
Well, games don't typically hit the disk, or they'd be unplayable on any machine.
Games do quite a bit of number crunching, to calculate vectors for bullets and collision detection, and all that.
It will help, but the graphics card will almost certainly still be your bottleneck.
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