Pentium 4 Overclocked to 7.1GH

[tdinc]

A Japanese overclocker has managed to overclock Intel Pentium 4 670 microprocessor to 7.132GHz and even run certain benchmarks on the system that was cooled down by liquid nitrogen.

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[jimi_81]

saw this on slashdot just now... and engadget the other day i believe.
1 million digits of PI in 18 seconds..
cool stuff

 

[FishBoy]

someone was bored
he might as build a cluster less heat more efficiency... i think

 

[jimi_81]

ok my comp just frooze up trying to calculate pi to 1 million digits
says its going to take 5 hours? maybe thats 5 minutes... i cant tell because its not moving. p4, 3.2 ghz. hehe

edit: 2 minutes to do 100,000

 

[LordOfLA]

heeh the guy should just get an athlon 64 fx57, costs less and gives about the same performance