FAQ: Forty years of Moore's Law

The Web: "Just surfing the web doesn't take much resources at all. Your connection speed and the speed of the host providing the website have a much larger impact on your browsing experience."

While you're right that connection speed IS the most important factor, many sites include Java and other embedded apps. A faster CPU and more memory DO help these things open faster.

As for the games (like Doom3), I am TIRED of people saying that it's "all in the video card". You're right again in the importance of the CPU (and system memory) in high-end gaming. My Doom3 framerates went up from 30 to 40 with just a CPU upgrade from a 1600 to a 2600 CPU.

You mentioned image editing, but not video editing. People editing their digital video camera footage, will see a gain in a faster CPU.; Posted by: SC-man Posted on: 04/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Moore's Law Roger Ramjet | 04/01/05

I always find it amusing CobraA1 | 04/01/05

GRR, NEED EDIT BUTTON CobraA1 | 04/01/05

The Web SC-man | 04/04/05

Death to gamers! Roger Ramjet | 04/04/05

Speed of change Thom d | 04/18/05

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