jamesownsall said:
Would it be unrealistic for me if I wanna wait until i7s hit at least 4GHz(without OC) to replace my Core2 Quad 9400 2.66GHz?
Yes, seeing as i7s are unlikely to ever get that high without overclocks.
Also, here's a fun fact, since you seem to believe the megahertz myth:
The clock speed of a processor does not tell you how fast/powerful it is. If you have two processors with the same architecture and the same number of cores (e.g. two different i7s) then the one with the high clock speed will be better. However, an i7 at, say, 2.4GHz will easily outperform a Core2 quad at 2.66GHz. Imagine clock cycles as being like the number of steps a runner can take in a second and processor architecture as telling you how long his legs are. If two runners have legs that are the same length, the one who can take the most steps in a second will win the race. However, if their legs are different lengths, the one with longer legs might still win even if he takes fewer steps, because each step takes him further. See?
Basically, there are three ways of making CPUs perform better. The first is by adding more cores and making use of applications that support multi-threading. The second is making more efficient architectures that can get more done in each clock cycle. The third is adding more clock cycles per second and boasting of 9001MHz speeds. Unfortunately, we've reached a point where increasing the clock speed creates dramatic increases in temperature and power use, meaning that Intel are focussing on the first two and AMD are focussing on copying them. Processors are unlikely to go far beyond 4GHz any time soon. This may change when graphene chips start to be used, since they can endure higher temperatures. This is a pretty shitty explanation; I'd be able to give you a better one if it weren't 03:41 where I live.
Not that it matters for a gaymen rig, however. cheese_cake will no doubt benefit from his i7 when he's making videos, but people only interested in playing Crysis on max settings with at least 100x antialiasing are better off keeping their Core2/Phenom II and spending their money of a better graphics card. If whatever graphic design you do is light stuff (like Photoshop), then you probably don't need an i7.
jamesownsall said:Als, for those who has 4GHz RAM and above, pray to God that your OS is 64bit!
4GHz RAM? What the fuck?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
I think you mean 4 gigabytes.
And yes, people with obscene amounts of RAM are wasting it if they are using 32-bit Windows (32-bit Linux does not have this problem). 32-bit Windows can only use 3.25GB of RAM.
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