What is the fastest computer now?

[tjustin]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

 

[Paul]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

You have to know how to decode the processor names, to figure out
the hardware configuration, but basically the info is here. There
are three factors affecting aggregate performance - number of cores,
IPC (instructions per clock), clock speed. Notice how the highest
clock speed, is not always the winner. So when comparing apples
and oranges (processors not from the same family), you have to look
at all three factors.

http://www23.tomshardware.com/cpu.html?modelx=33&model1=430&model2=464&chart=158

Paul

 

[Phisherman]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

The fastest computer in the world happens to be in my town! It is a
100-teraflop (trillions of calculations per second) Cray system at
ORNL and plans are to increase the speed to 250 teraflops this year.

Of course you're talking home PCs here. The latest/fastest chip is
not really practical, and if you did get the fastest the depreciation
would cost you a lot. Perhaps the best bang for the buck is a CPU
that has been out for 6-12 months. You can take a look online for the
latest. I think zipzoomfly.com keeps current.

 

[DaveW]

There are NO commercially produced 4.0 GHz CPU's in the world for consumers.
However, some people have overclocked CPU's to that level.

 

[JAD]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

Well I would say that the...............ooops never mind a faster one just came out. So
then I would have to say that the one that just came out would be.......pffffft nope
another new one just came out. So NOW i would have to say that the one that came out after
the one i first said was the fastest in now indeed the ....crap wait another new one has
come out.......get the picture? The fastest one is the one you can't afford to buy now,
and when you can afford it, something is bound to come out faster.....

 

[Ed Medlin]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

Raw mhz isn't the answer anymore. Just for instance, I have a 3.6ghz P4
EM64T and a system with an Intel e6600 @ 2.4ghz. The e6600 literally runs
circles around the P4 3.6ghz at stock speeds. I have it oveclocked to 3.2ghz
with liquid cooling and it is even faster. Right now the Intels seem to have
the upper hand with the Core 2 Duos and Quads. By late this year or early
next year it may swing to AMD........who knows? Multi cores and more
instructions per second seem to be the way of the future rather than just
finding ways to increase raw speed. With smaller dies and less heat we may
even see the multi core systems up in the 4ghz area before long.

Ed

 

[Gremenbulin]

The last I saw, there was a computer in the 4000 mhz range. Things
change so fast it's hard to keep up. I live in an area where there
are no local computer stores so I cant just look in the stores.
This is just a question out of curiousity. My 1000mhz does just fine
for my needs, but with Vista I know that a terrific amount of power is
needed.

Thanks

1000mhz is the minimum stated speed for vista.
Any current CPU should be adequate.
You also need a gig of RAM.
The graphics card may be more of a problem.

 

[geoff]

The Daystrom 1000 yottahertz multi-parallel bio-core using 500 yoctosecond
neural-net gel packs . . .

-g

 

[32andtwentyseven]

An Intel Core 2 Duo provides the most performance for your money at
the moment I would say. Or anything in that mid range. Something that
is recent, but not so new that you have to pay a premium.

 

[lumor]

An Intel Core 2 Duo provides the most performance for your money at
the moment I would say. Or anything in that mid range. Something that
is recent, but not so new that you have to pay a premium.

Hu? Most performance for your money is AMD, they are cheaper per Mhz
of speed, jezz.

 

[JAD]

Hu? Most performance for your money is AMD, they are cheaper per Mhz
of speed, jezz.

Hows the weather, back there in time(2005)?

 

[32andtwentyseven]

Hu? Most performance for your money is AMD, they are cheaper per Mhz

Yes that is true with the cheapest X2 AMD coming in at £49.82 whereas
a similar Intel chip is about £72

However the Intel Core 2 Duos do overclock much better.