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Today's Best CPUs Compared... To a Pentium 4

Posted by kdawson on from the wait-for-meeee dept.

Dr. Damage writes "How do current $74 CPUs compare to the $133 ones? To exclusive $1K Extreme Editions? Interesting questions, but what if you took a five-year-old Pentium 4 at 3.8GHz and pitted it against today's CPUs in a slew of games and other applications? The results are eye-opening." Note that this voluminous comparison is presented over 18 pages with no single-page view in sight.

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  1. P4 pride by dushkin · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm at work, where I have a P4 winXP machine.

    AND I'M PROUD OF IT.

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    1. Re:P4 pride by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 3, Funny

      My gaming setup used to be two computers (pentium4 and a q9450) both hooked up to dual-input FW9012 and P260 trinitron CRTs. That was two computers both running at 3500x1200 and putting a combined weight of about 300lbs on my desk.

      We almost didn't need to heat the apartment in winter.

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  2. Re:Mod parent up by swordgeek · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Or use Btrfs; ZFS isn't the only option with integrity checks."

    Oh yeah, because nothing screams "reliable" like filesystem that is still in beta.

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