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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by ye on Thursday October 24, 2013 @08:02PM (#6608939)
That's actually not true. Modern high end CPUs are multiple times faster than the CPUs from 2008. The architecture changed too, not just the frequency.
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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by TylerE on Thursday October 24, 2013 @09:37PM (#6609249)
I have an i7 920, purchased in December 2008. Please point out which consumer processors (No $3000 xeons) have "multiple times" greater single threaded performance.
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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by jrpm on Friday October 25, 2013 @12:21AM (#6609740)
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html

You can have double speed.

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Re:The PC is not dead, we just don't need new ones by ye on Friday October 25, 2013 @09:29AM (#6611433)
i7-4770
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