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by Impossible 4657 days ago
We've made some progress with GHz :). http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9239098/Desktop_chips...
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Indeed, AMD announced their first 5ghz CPU in June at E3.

http://www.amd.com/us/press-releases/Pages/amd-unleashes-201...

It is for sale now at Newegg for $699. 4.7ghz with 5ghz turbo.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113...

Though speed bumps aren't exactly as crazy as the old days. I remember my next upgrade from a 50Mhz 486 ended up being a 266Mhz Pentium 2. This was over a span of about 3 years.