January 21, 201412 yr When will people start to realise clockspeeds aren't all that important? It is the clockspeed/architecture balance that makes CPUs fast. Arjen Vandervelde
January 21, 201412 yr Author When will people start to realise clockspeeds aren't all that important? It is the clockspeed/architecture balance that makes CPUs fast. When my sim doesn't run better with my CPU @4,8GHz than at stock speed of 3,5GHz. Simmerhead - Making the virtual skies unsafe since 1987!
January 22, 201412 yr When my sim doesn't run better with my CPU @4,8GHz than at stock speed of 3,5GHz. "Both" architecture and clock speed are important. Not balance no, both need to be enhanced.
January 22, 201412 yr Commercial Member When my sim doesn't run better with my CPU @4,8GHz than at stock speed of 3,5GHz. On the same CPU? Duh - any CPU will do more work at a faster clock rate; that's not an interesting comparison. What people here have been trying to discuss is the idea of different CPUs with different clock speeds - at which point clock speed becomes far less interesting. I have CPU A running at 3Ghz, and CPU B running at 1.6Ghz. Which is doing more work? Before you answer that question, let me ask you a slightly different question: I have two engines, one is running at 2,500 rpm and one is running at 6,000 rpm. Which is generating more power? Complaining that CPU speed hasn't increased is similar to saying that the redline in cars hasn't significantly increased in 25 years. Cheers! Luke Luke Kolin I make simFDR, the most advanced flight data recorder for FSX, Prepar3D and X-Plane.
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