Associate
- Joined
- 10 Jan 2013
- Posts
- 284
Anyone else hoping that the tweaks they're making to overclocking will make 5GHz speeds possible for a typical high end overclock?
Please remember that any mention of competitors, hinting at competitors or offering to provide details of competitors will result in an account suspension. The full rules can be found under the 'Terms and Rules' link in the bottom right corner of your screen. Just don't mention competitors in any way, shape or form and you'll be OK.
Anyone else hoping that the tweaks they're making to overclocking will make 5GHz speeds possible for a typical high end overclock?
GPUs seem to move much faster. I just wonder how long we'll still be using these conventional processors before we move to something else. Tbh, in my mind you could handle the CPU calculations on board a new kind of GPU, which I think is what Maxwell is beginning to do (Nvidia's next architecture).
GPUs have a much narrower instruction set than CPUs and will always be extremely slow at running lightly threaded software; in short they will not provide a viable replacement for CPUs in general tasks for the foreseeable future.
The future lies in heterogeneous computing and the convergence of the CPU and GPU in a fully unified APU, this article gives some good insights:
http://www.extremetech.com/computin...i-will-fully-share-memory-between-cpu-and-gpu
Processor tech seems to be stagnating in my mind. We had a massive boost in 2011 with Sandy Bridge, but since then things aren't too impressive.
GPUs seem to move much faster. I just wonder how long we'll still be using these conventional processors before we move to something else. Tbh, in my mind you could handle the CPU calculations on board a new kind of GPU, which I think is what Maxwell is beginning to do (Nvidia's next architecture).
Either way, in the present, I need a Haswell processor in my system.
Sandy brought higher clocking thresholds with it though, which amounted to a lot of the extra performance.
I'm hoping that Haswell does the same.
Imagine 5GHZ being a readily attainable clock![]()
Expect a voltage drop to about v1.2 for standard DDR4, ultra low voltage kits will run at about v1.0
The standard spec comes in at around 2800MHz (I think) and I read somewhere by the end of DDR4 we will see speeds of up to 4200MHz. (DDR3 came in at 1333MHz, good ICs can hit 3000MHz now). I dunno if this is true but I think it's meant to be around twice as fast as DDR3.
Technology could stop evolving now and I'd be happy, my system is overkill and takes everything I throw at it with ease (apart from Crysis 3 etc) but we all want the latest, fastest hardware!
I want an 8 core 16 thread Broadwell-E chip with DDR4 and SATA Express. TAKE MY MONEY.
Oh I don't have the money, part time haha. I just spend every penny I earn on this addiction! Heh.
Sandy Bridge wasn't really a massive improvement over the Bloomfield, just a run of the mill 10% bump like Haswell will be over Ivy Bridge etc.