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Originally posted by kagemusha
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*Ahem*
He means that the clock speed doesn't matter, when it limits the actual performance, take for example the new Pentium 4s, they have a deep pipeline which allows them to use really high clock speeds, but it is extremely inefficient.
Let us take the Athlon, a good processor, a very fine one indeed, it allows you to do more every IPC (Internel Processor Cycle..or something), you see the athlon (which is clocked lower, around 1.2 - 1.6) allows the processor to do more every second, as opposed to the Pentium 4.
One method to gain a better IPC is to use Double Data Rate technology, or DDR, DDR works by using the rising and falling signals of the processor to do twice the work.
In conclusion, what Kamuii is saying is, that the clock speed means nothing if your processor is inefficient.