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65 CPUs From 100 MHz to 3066 MHz

Posted by Hemos on from the marathon-benchtest dept.

socram writes " Tom's Hardware posted an interesting article, describing and benchmarking 65 kinds of CPUs from 1994 to 2003. Opinions on what constitutes "adequate computing speed" vary greatly from one user to the next. While one person may be perfectly content with an old Pentium 133 system that stores stamp club membership details in a DOS program in "real-time mode", there is another group at the other end of the scale - video fans who must have the latest and greatest and who will clamor for more and more Gigahertz and gigabytes."

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  1. old theory by RobertTaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    video fans who must have the latest and greatest and who will clamor for more and more Gigahertz and gigabytes.

    There is an old theory to do with penis size...

    For the record, I am running a 286 ;)

  2. 100 MegaHertz? You were lucky! by Burb · · Score: 5, Funny
    (Cue Monty Python Yorkshiremen Sketch)

    Prediction: This discussion will end up with someone wittering on about punch cards, paper tape, and front panel access to core memory.

    Then someone else will recall the Dilbert cartoon where the engineer boasts "I made a database entirely out of zeros because we had no ones".

    Oh, damn, done it myself.

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    1. Re:100 MegaHertz? You were lucky! by stud9920 · · Score: 4, Funny
      I only have one mod point left so I'm sitting here completely torn between the two posts
      You are lucky ! When I was your age, my whole family prayed the local moderation baron to get one mod point to share with the whole family.

      Incidently, posting in this thread rendered your mod point useless in it. Spoiled kid, you don't know haw lucky you are.
  3. Who read this as... by The_Mutato · · Score: 4, Funny

    "65 CPUs that were overclocked from 100 mhz to 3.06 ghz"?? I know I certainly did...

  4. Thank you, Captain Obvious! by llamaluvr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tom's Hardware brings you this startling revelation: Newer processors are faster than older processors!

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  5. Re:Thank you, Captain Obvious! by Hanno · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot to mention their site layout:

    Newer. (Click next)

    Processors. (Click next)

    Are. (Click next)

    Faster. (Click next)

    Than. (Click next)

    Older. (Click next)

    Processors. (Click next)

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