Moore's law is definitely going to face big challenges in the future, we are approaching 1nm limit. Also going from 300nm lithographic process to 90nm is completely different than going from 90nm down to 3,4 or 5nm. The investment in research and infrastructures has been much larger and more difficult to achieve from my understanding, someone correct me if the know better?
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Still using trusty Q6600
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Moore's law is definitely going to face big challenges in the future, we are approaching 1nm limit. Also going from 300nm lithographic process to 90nm is completely different than going from 90nm down to 3,4 or 5nm. The investment in research and infrastructures has been much larger and more difficult to achieve from my understanding, someone correct me if the know better?
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I had this mobo. Was a little beaut. I liked EVGA boards. https://www.evga.com/articles/385.asp
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still got a q6600 on a asrock board it think, up in my daughters bedroom, i think she still plays oblivion on it
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I just upgraded from a Q6600. Ahh the last chip to not have a back door for the n_sa or m_i6.
Tho tbh web browsing ain't much quicker on a modern CPU.
Tho tbh web browsing ain't much quicker on a modern CPU.
Moore's law is also determined by what's available to purchase to the consumer, regardless of if better tech is being held back, so it did slow in real terms down with less and less powerful increases per gen. The fact that Intel were likely artificially holding it back for profit, and AMD couldn't compete for years both contributed towards slowing it down.
"Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend and not a physical or natural law. Although the rate held steady from 1975 until around 2012, the rate was faster during the first decade. In general, it is not logically sound to extrapolate from the historical growth rate into the indefinite future. For example, the 2010 update to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductorspredicted that growth would slow around 2013,[20] and in 2015 Gordon Moore foresaw that the rate of progress would reach saturation: "I see Moore's law dying here in the next decade or so."[21]"
"Moore's law is an observation and projection of a historical trend and not a physical or natural law. Although the rate held steady from 1975 until around 2012, the rate was faster during the first decade. In general, it is not logically sound to extrapolate from the historical growth rate into the indefinite future. For example, the 2010 update to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductorspredicted that growth would slow around 2013,[20] and in 2015 Gordon Moore foresaw that the rate of progress would reach saturation: "I see Moore's law dying here in the next decade or so."[21]"
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Still on Sandybridge here. Playing Fallout 4 in 4K Ultra 60fps.
The 2500K/2600K surely rival the C2Q's in terms of useful life!
The 2500K/2600K surely rival the C2Q's in terms of useful life!
I have that board albeit with XFX branding. Use it for messing around with older SLI builds.
Also have this for Crossfire..
Managed to find it with all of the original accessories:
Got a Q6600 G0 to put through its paces.
nForce boards (not just the 750) often struggled with the current delivery for an overclocked 65nm core 2 though they'd manage the 45nm variants like the Q9550 fine. I had to do a hardware "volt mod" on my EVGA to get a Q6600 stable at higher overclocks - to quote my old post on it: "my Q6600 did 4gig easy on a P45 board... on the 750i its on now it only does ~3gig tops normally and 3.6gig with a lot of vcore (1.5v) and a volt mod to the motherboard :S"
Oh the Q6600 is going in the Rampage X48 board and not the 780i board (got a Q9550 for that).
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Tried my 8800GT in my old Q6600 system other day and it crashed on 3D load 
a GTX 970 worked though! 
a GTX 970 worked though!
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Used to have a Q9550 in an Asus P5Q board - believe my friends kids are still using it. Was my first intel quad core - Was using an AMD 965 at some point, and dual/single core athlons before that.
The 3770k has definitely lasted me the longest, a good few years and still going strong in my brothers pc now.
Hoping the 3700x lasts me as long.
The 3770k has definitely lasted me the longest, a good few years and still going strong in my brothers pc now.
Hoping the 3700x lasts me as long.
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My lads still running a Q9550 with 8gb of DDR2 and an SSD on a Maximus Gene II.
My daughter an old E8600 with 4gb of Corsair Dominator GT.
1080p gaming. One will be moving to an i3 with DDR3 when I find a motherboard. The other will get my 4770k system if I upgrade.
My daughter an old E8600 with 4gb of Corsair Dominator GT.
1080p gaming. One will be moving to an i3 with DDR3 when I find a motherboard. The other will get my 4770k system if I upgrade.
Well, your daughter should get the Q9550 system (she doesn't need an i3), and your lad can get the i7-4770K?
