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LOL yep, Solitaire's even better and will push that CPU to full extent of its transistors And imagine how fast Notepad will open!

[neoquote=#2.0 by Jerichohol]And the question. Why do we need such a fast processor?[/neoquote] If you were to decide the fate of the world about 100 years ago... we wouldn't even have TVs or AC now, let alone the " internet "

lol day of the tentical was a good game... ever find the secret to play the original maniac mansion?

I used to have 4D sports driving. At the time I thought it was amazing. You might have to use mo'slo to play it on your 10GHz CPU though

Well if they keep the same sucky architecture that is the P4. it shouldn't be hard But it is more difficult to scale the current architecture that AMD is using beyond much of what it is now. I imagine that the x86-64 will have a short run while the transistion from 32 bit to 64 bit occures and a streamline 64 bit processor can be made in the future. With the multi terabyte drives comeing out in 2004, and the lack of support in 32 bit windows for a single drive beyond 2 terabypes. I imagine that will be the move in the future. Imagine home media networks where you can record your HD movies or dvd audio and distribute to your wireless devices in your home el

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actually that was 12 gigs by 2007. And after 10 gigs there are some serious issues that will need to be addressed which may slow it down. Although lab work has shown that moores law may be able to continue until around 2012 possible out to 2020. BTW to maintain Moores law a processor in 2007 will have to have over 1 billion transistors. which may be part of the slow down. As a matter of fact the things that theya are starting to look at doing with that number of transistors is implementing dual and quad processors on the same chip. 64 bit processors about cover what most processing will need. (128 bit processors don't bring much more to the table except for VERY high end processing) For those that ask what would we do with this power. Hmm done any real time High Difinition encodeing/decoding lately?? it is outside the realm of the Office computer for sure. But Real Time Stategy games or even Role playing games where worlds are not static but evolve could use this power. from a gamer point of view. Video processing is about the last of the home use that can use the power, although I doubt much beyond a 5 gig processor would have any real effects. although the convergence of pc and the entertainment center may bring in new features that could use that power. I do agree that MHz is far from all that matters. that is why PCI Express, Sata 1, 2 and 3 SAS 1 and 2(which will align with sata 2 and 3) IEEE 1394 a and b, 802.11 a, b and g (and the newer Gigabit work) gigabit and 10 gigabit ethernet. all play an important part in the next few years. unfortantly PCI express is already outdate in version 1 before it even hits the computers. Memory will be a serious issue that holds back progress El El

[neoquote=#8.1 by Eldoen]Quality post by Eldoen.[/neoquote] Sweet post man, tonnes of information! Thanks for that

lets not forget hard drives. i believe that there will be a day when we will not use physical hard drives anymore but rather a storage form such as memory only in greater sizes. that day is coming soon and hopefully before 2005

[quote]Video processing is about the last of the home use that can use the power,[/quote] Actually 10GHz might be about the minimum system requirements of Longhorn when it is released.

[neoquote=#9.0 by Tager]holy f'ing crap... by then, I should have the need to upgrade this clunky P!!! 600Mhz. Can you imagine that leap from 600 to 10Ghz?! crazy! [/neoquote] Yeah! Wait for the 10GHz desktop computers.

While it may seem like a big jump on paper it may not be in performance. Here is why. (and some linux people argue this another way) As the available power comes to be. the OS can really use it in some areas. Drawing the screen in 32 bit color moving windows. Multiprocessing and allowing for more processes. We already know that MS is looking at a min 1024x768 as a resolution for Avalon. While some of this will be graphic card issues there will still be alot of calculations going on behind the scenes. With convergences comeing along. and a DX based Presentation, (dx9 will be used to accelerate the UI in avalon) and a newer Video based platform, I can see where performance could be comparable to a system today. But what is presented will be so much more than what occurs on the OS today. el

same questiuon why do you need anything faster than 1, 2 or 3 gigahertz.. There is no answer to your question, because people always seem to ignore the answer anyway. They don't really care if they need it or not, its going to be developed and people will buy it.

When will people learn to stop making these kind of comments? It used to be unthinkable that the general public could ever need a computer, then impossible to use more than 256KB memory, yet here we are. As hardward advances, software programmers step up their coding to make use of the newly availble clockcycles and memory. People come up with new ideas about what they want to do with technology. This is never going to stop. As long as chipmakers advance their technology, (which they have to, in order to drive sales and stay in business) then programmers will come up with ways to use the available hardware. Granted, are mom and pop going to be able to use every clock cycle on their 10ghz computer, probably not, but they'll take comfort in knowing that their word processor only takes a microsecond to open, and that they can download their e-mail in just as much time. In 2005, or 10 or whenever this chip comes out, we'll be having this same damn discussion about how useless a 20ghz processor would be. But look at it this way, you'll probably be quoted in the future as a nother person who didn't have any vision.

I always thought that Pentium 5 would sound kind of redundant.

Pentium X5

no, the Prescott is still a P4! The 0.65micron dieshrink in 2004 will probably also be called P4 because it's all the same architecture...

This is not a valid point because the Pentium 3 has the same architecture as Pentium 2.

Prescott with be Pentium 4's in 90nm w/ 800MHz FSB. Tejas With be Pentium4's in 90nm. with 1066Mhz. FSB. Nehalem with be Pentium4 in 65nm with 1200Mhz, FSB, All According to this...

kioria, Actually IT usually runs on technology that is 2 to 3 years behind what there is beyond of what there is to come. Unfortantly in the office enviroment, PC's are getting to the point that updateing can take 3 to 5 years instead of the 3 years as in the past, and even some computers can go for up to 5 to 8 years. Depending on what type of work is being done and the budget for it. Data entry work for instance doesn't need a 1 gig system let alone a 3 gig or a 4 gig system. Eventually they will work to those systems. but that will be over time. One thing to remember, in this industry. Todays Technology will be tomorrows low end budget system in about a year. El