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purplerat   10-07-2009 at 08:58:03 PM
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In the time spent posting this question you could have gotten a very thorough answer from Wikipedia.

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strangestranger   10-07-2009 at 11:23:22 PM
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You're not related to John_ are you?

Oh and wtf is this in the games section?

The console gaming section of all places?

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SpinachEater   10-08-2009 at 02:47:09 AM
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what does wtf mean?

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gamerk316   10-08-2009 at 01:54:11 PM
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Hz = [status] per second

Example:
A 60Hz moniter draws an image 60 times per second
A 1.0GHz CPU does 1 Billion clock cycles (load/execute/send) per second

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cafuddled   10-08-2009 at 03:12:25 PM
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gamerk316 wrote :

Hz = [status] per second

Example:
A 60Hz moniter draws an image 60 times per second
A 1.0GHz CPU does 1 Billion clock cycles (load/execute/send) per second


I though a Hz stood for one complete cycle per second

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strangestranger   10-08-2009 at 04:40:53 PM
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That is what gamer said.

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cafuddled   10-08-2009 at 05:19:10 PM
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In general not just for CPU's

 

For instance, one complete in and out heart beat, one complete wave of a vibration or one complete picture on picture off of a video signal. So a Hz describes completed cycles in a second in general not just status in second intervals.


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strangestranger   10-08-2009 at 05:26:55 PM
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???

A cycle of what?

Take RPM for motors, convert that into seconds and you would have how much hz the engine has.

Oh and it is how many complete cycles per second, not one cycle per second.

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strangestranger   10-08-2009 at 05:27:50 PM
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Ah, an attempted ninja edit :D

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cafuddled   10-08-2009 at 05:53:54 PM
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Fear my great ninja writing skills, and telepathy like abilities for know what was just about to be typed :pt1cable:

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SpinachEater   10-09-2009 at 05:53:16 AM
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hahaha ....10^24 Hz = 1 yottahertz

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jamesgoddard   10-09-2009 at 05:21:30 PM
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On a side note I find this subject mind blowing... Try to get your head around a chip with near 1 billion components, all switching at a few billion times per second, without fault for hours / days / weeks at a time.... My head hertz!



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strangestranger   10-09-2009 at 06:59:25 PM
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Humans really have no concept of numbers like that.

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strangestranger   10-09-2009 at 07:00:36 PM
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Oh, yes and I forgot the most important part.

You are going to hell, that pun was that bad.

You will forever have to put up with fanboys for the rest of eternity.

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SpinachEater   10-09-2009 at 07:37:30 PM
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Ouch, that was below the belt. You hertz my feelingz :na:

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