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Sunday, May 09 2004

Hexus review the Intel Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott  by Craig D at 22:32

Pentium 4 Prescott 3.4ghz Yet more new hardware for all you bleeding edge types, a faster CPU from intel this time is reviewed over at hexus.

Quote: Indifferent performance, heat problems, lack of S478 upgrade potential, and strained availability, at the end, all count against a recommendation for the Pentium 4 3.4GHz Prescott processor. Looking at the overall situation from an enthusiasts point of view, we'd either plump for a slower Pentium 4 Northwood and i865PE motherboard or any number of AMD setups. Spending big bucks now may prove to be a foolhardy decision in the near future.

I'm not altogether sure they were impressed?

Find out for sure here, http://www.hexus.net/review.php?review=743
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Felon
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09 May 2004 22:51
They flew all the way up to 3ghz in no time, howcome they are struggling to go faster now ?
Mani
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09 May 2004 22:55
In a word, Heat.
Scrappy
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10 May 2004 07:23
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3695369.stm

Saw this yesterday I think, looks like they are going back to the drawing board :)
Felon
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10 May 2004 13:32
thing is tho does anything need this much power ?
Mani
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10 May 2004 13:47
Only really games and some development/encoding applications will ever use it tbh.
Felon
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10 May 2004 13:49
i know UT24k and Farcry are quite power hungry but 3ghz!?


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