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| Thread ID: 28555 | 2002-12-23 03:35:00 | Clockspeed differences | heni72847 (1166) | Press F1 |
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| 108402 | 2002-12-23 03:35:00 | just wondering: on a desktop comp, notebook, handheld (eg. iPAQ) when it says it runs at 200MHz do they actually run at that speed...?? eg.. a handheld runny at 200MHz "IS" processing at a faster rate than my 150MHz desktop computer i'm just unclear on this |
heni72847 (1166) | ||
| 108403 | 2002-12-23 04:29:00 | Thats correct. THe CPU can calculate more "flops" (don't even ask!) if the mhz is higher (a rule of thumb) However a cpu is only 1 variable of many that makes a system run fast. A handheld will have many restricting variables as it seeks to use as little power as possible. Therefore it can seem as if your 150mhz computer runs faster than a 200mhz handheld. |
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| 108404 | 2002-12-23 05:49:00 | lol just imagine how many 'flops' the super computer at massey university can do - 200 athlon 2ghz chips in parallel *drools* you can even buy a few hours of processing power for $1000 ;) for those HUGE computing task (such as loading windows ;) ) | DangerousDave (697) | ||
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