How come there are no 4Ghz + CPU's?

[marktruman]

It seems we have been on 3.8 or 4ghz for years now. I don't follow the cpu scene much, is there a reason we dont have faster CPU's at stock? have they hit the limit?

 

[spoffle]

There are, you've just not been looking properly
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=1967&subid=1825

 

[bemaniac]

I think he means good cpus like intel ones. I'm as big an AMD gpu fan as anyone but those processors are for budget pcs at best even the 5ghz one. The answer is we probably won't get intel cpus running stock over 4.2ghz for a very long time yet because they don't need to because AMD are limp.

 

[malachi]

It seems we have been on 3.8 or 4ghz for years now. I don't follow the cpu scene much, is there a reason we dont have faster CPU's at stock? have they hit the limit?

Heat is still an issue.

 

[marktruman]

so for gaming, my 4790K will be enough for a long time?

 

[r22snapper]

I think he means good cpus like intel ones.

That should put the cat amongst the pigeons nicely

 

[TheMorningStar]

so for gaming, my 4790K will be enough for a long time?

Years, especially with DX12 and it's better utilisation of multiple CPU cores.

 

[spoffle]

I think he means good cpus like intel ones. I'm as big an AMD gpu fan as anyone but those processors are for budget pcs at best even the 5ghz one. The answer is we probably won't get intel cpus running stock over 4.2ghz for a very long time yet because they don't need to because AMD are limp.

He just said CPUs, I wouldn't infer anything, really.

 

[varkanoid]

Somebody needs to learn how to search.

Intel Core i7-4790K 4.00GHz (Devil's Canyon) Socket LGA1150

Boosts to 4.4ghz - techinically its a 4ghz+ CPU.

 

[eddiew]

Both team blue and green seem to have been focussed on power efficiency of late. Somewhere along the lines they decided that their CPUs are 'fast enough' and went chasing the same performance in lower power envelopes. Good for laptops and tablets, but irritating for desktop users who have specific cases where those CPUs are a bottleneck.

Intel could probably declare all their K processors to be 4.5GHz base frequency, but they wouldn't overclock and would come with twice the power needs, which is contrary to their current design ethos.

The future may well be moar coars :/

 

[OLDPHART]

It seems we have been on 3.8 or 4ghz for years now. I don't follow the cpu scene much, is there a reason we dont have faster CPU's at stock? have they hit the limit?

Have you just woke up, no relation to rip van winkle are you.