Processor clock speeds haven't increased over the last few years anymore. Why is that?
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In 1965, Gordon Moore, who headed Fairchild Semiconductor wrote an article in Electronics Magazine that predicted a doubling for transistors approximately every 18 months.  By 1980, this prediction had proven to be accurate enough that it was dubbed Moore's Law.  This is the "law" that you are referring to; it never actually had to do with clock speeds.\n\nThe performance of a microprocessor is a function of many things: transistor density, clock speed, and design efficiencies (a broad area).  In recent years Intel, AMD, and others have focused more on enhancing the complexity of processor.  Clock speed (what you are quoting) is just one measure.  In fact, if you look you will see that similarly performing Intel and AMD chips have very different speeds.
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There could be issue with the BIOS. Check for your computer Motherboard vendor.\n\nThere could be BIOS update.\n\nSynchronizing the time online is a temporary solution. Once you disconnect from Internet it will again go back.
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the 1800+ is running at 266mhz bus speed i belive from what i have read and the 3.0ghz is useing either a 400mhz or 533mhz or 800mhz bus speed cpuz-z is good at finding that stuff out
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Just did a quick google search and came up with this :\n\nhttp://www.amdboard.com/ocspecial.html\n\nI have never really over clocked anything as that tends to shorten its life span since it isnt meant to run at the higher speeds.
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That's correct, however we have long past megahertz, we are now in gigahertz.  The fastest consumer processors run at about 3.8GHz (3.8 billion operations per second) but raw speed is no longer an indicator of how fast a processor is.  AMD for example uses more on-chip memory and a different data architecture to process more data per clock cycle rather than have a faster processor which uses more energy and produces more heat.  And indeed AMD chips are faster than comparable Intel chips on many benchmarks.
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When a processor is developed, the manufacturer tests it at increasingly faster clock speeds until it no longer passes tests that indicate it to be "reliable under normal operating conditions".  Often, this is more a limitation of normal heat disappation (sink and fan) than an actual physical limitation.  Over time the processor "family" progresses to higher speeds as the fabrication is refined, however they are still sold at the original clock speed for marketing and sales reasons even though it is capable of higher speeds.  This has been a common practice in the PC industry for a long time now.\n\nSafely overclocking includes several factors, one of the most important of which is proper heat disappation.  As clock speeds increase, so does heat.  Using "standard" cooling methods is insufficient.  The more overclocked, the more efficient the heat disappation must be.  Some rigs include refridgeration units to keep the CPU cool enough.  Too much heat = dead PC.\n\nSome folks overclock their memory and video cards as well.  Heat is another factor here just as it is with the CPU.\n\nAnother primary concern is clock speeds.  Some PC busses (high speed interconnects on the motherboard) must be running at the same clock speed of the CPU.  These must match correctly for the components(such as video and memory) to communicate properly with the FSB (front-side bus) and/or CPU.  Many motherboard manufacturers include features targeted primarily for overclockers to remove the guesswork, but some do not so this must be done "manually" by setting the BIOS properly.\n\nMemory latency is another issue that must be addressed by overclockers who want to squeeze the most performance out of their setups.  Having improperly configured CAS timings can negatively offset any CPU speed increase from overclocking and may even make the system unstable to the point where it crashes.\n\nIf you're new to overclocking I'd recommend a lot of research (and a few dollars worth of mistakes) before succeeding.  I used to overclock, and have several friends who still love to overclock just to have bragging rights.  Once overclocking moved into the world of custom cooling solutions I lost interest, but I still understand why folks do it.
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You can think of a Celeron as a stripped down pentium. For chips at the same processor speed you will see that the level2 cache is less and the supported bus speeds are less.
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Actually, the number 3500+ is a relative rating that compares AMD to its competitor Intel. 3500+ means that it performs relative to a Pentium4 at 3.5 GHz. The architecture of the AMD cpu allows it to perform faster at lower clock speeds than intel processors, although that is not necesarily better. The current maximums of literal clock speeds is about 3.5GHz or 4GHz when overclocked. This literal speed has not been surpassed because of the amount of heat that the cpu generates, therefore companies have been modifying data pipelines and creating dual core cpus to get better performance. The real speed of your computer is still a balance between all components, so as sockets upgrade and architecture changes to better accomadate faster ram and hard drive speeds and real support of 64bit computing is created, performance can still increase while cpu clock speeds can't be raised.
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That depends on if you need info about YOUR processor or processors in general. If it's about your processor, your best bet is to type into google your PC's model number ans the word "specs", and maybe "processor" as well, and you should be able to find a page with your specific computer's processor type. \nIf you need more information or are looking for info on other processors, sites that sell them, like www.newegg.com or www.microcenter.com should have fairly detailed specifications.\nIf you're just looking for a brief tutorial on CPU's, I can tell you a little bit here: the CPU is the central processing unit of your computer. It is whatdoes the calculations for the computer. CPU's are rated according to clock speed, and will have a number in gigahertz (GHz) showing the speed. However, speed is not the only determining factor. Some processors can do more calculations per second, but some also need more as they are not efficient, or are slowed down by the way they transfer information to the rest of the computer. A processor must fit the motherboard it is on, which means they must be of matching socket types (you'll find this info with the rest of the CPU's specs). Some CPU's are "dual core" which means there are essentially 2 processors working together to speed things up, although this will not be as fast as double the clock speed. (ie, a dual-core 1.5 GHz will not be the same as a single core 3 GHz) Processors can also be either 32-bit or 64-bit, and 64-bit is becoming more popular, as it will be able to support new, advanced software in the future. If you're buying a processor, also consider the type of memory that goes with the motherboard, as some kinds are faster than others. There are more advanced things, as well, but that's about the extent of my knowledge. If you have more questions, just post them and I'll see what I can do.
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laptop processors naturally are slower than desktop ones. I'm sure Amd can run all the applications intel can. your celeron probably can't run some programs smoothly but it can probably run them slowly.
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I think I understand what you are saying a little better than the other people.  You are looking at the 1.86Ghz speed and comparing that to Pentiums in the 3GHz range and saying, well wouldn't the Pentiums be faster.  The answer is no, because speed is no longer the only important factor.  The new Core 2 Duos are based on a much better architecture, which allows them to do a lot more work than the old Pentiums, even at a lower speed.\n\nKeep in mind, this is not because it is dual core.  The Pentium Ds were dual core, and some had clock speed of 3.4Ghz and stuff like that, but the Core 2 Duo would still be faster because of its better architecture.  Also, don't listen to the people who said to just double the speed because it is dual core, that is incorrect, it just doesn't work that way.
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Firstly you should know that what is the maximum frequency that your motherboard supports for that download some checking utility like Sisoft Sandra then check what is the motherboards model and what is the maximum frequency that supports etc from there.For knowing your current RAM s working speed (Not the original speed but the Maximum supproted By your Mother board or as per the settings in the BIOS) download som utilty like Wcupid. And if your RAM is working at a slower speed than what your motherboard supports then it May be because you entered a different frequeny in the BIOS settings or your Ram supports only that speed .To adjust Speed from bios just press DEL whil computer is booting then search for something like sdram frequency then change its value to auto
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Intel does not give you an option to overclock,on most computers. If you don't know anything about overclocking and ask in here,you may not know enough to even ask the right questions.I would leave the clocking alone and try to increase your ram and clear out all the junk in your computer to make it run faster!!!
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3D MARK 2006/7 , PC BENCHMARK 2006/7 , TUNE UP UTILITIES 2006/7 , ETC...................  I DON'T REMEMBER NOW !            \nNOTE : YOUR COMPUTER MAY NOT RESPOND FOR HOURS OR IT MAY HANG ,BUT DONT BE AFRAID . IT WILL TAKE A GOOD EXAMINATION OF YOUR COMPUTER .           "ROBIN"
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Most overclocking is done in the motherboard bios, or changing jumpers on the board.\n\nThe most common way is to change the multiplier, so the chip runs faster than the speed it was intended. Another way is to change the front side bus clock speed.\n\nyou should access the computer bios and look for this options, or read the mb manual and look if you need to modify the jumpers.\n\nso there is no new software needed to overclock, its already on the computer\n\n=)
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Are you gettin slow speed with yo computer? If so, it might need to be upgraded.
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When you restarts the system, BIOS shows the CPU speed.