Your CPU History Tree

[deepblue69uk]

I'll not list them all but I'll say that the biggest leap I ever had was going from a K6-2 550 to Duron 800@1GHz, the difference was astonishing.

It is funny you mention that. Have you noticed that with each new processor generation that the difference in performance seems to get less and less dramatic?

 

[deepblue69uk]

Atari games console thing cant remember the model
1985 Commodore 16
1986 Commodore 64
1989 Atari ST

then a big gap

1999 - P3 450 slot 1
2000 - P3 1GhZ
2001 - Athlon 1300
2002 - Athlon 1800 Thunderbird
2003 - Athlon 2200+ XP Skt A
2003 - Athlon 2500+ XP Skt A
2003 - Athlon 2500+ mobile
2005 - Athlon 64 3700+ San Diego S939
2008 - Intel C2D 7200

As you can see I really cant be bothered with the upgrade merry-go-round in the last few years.

The most i've been impressed with was the A64 3700+

That is very similar to me. I was still using my Atari ST up until the early 2000s despite owning and running a PC for years.

 

[FoxEye]

commodore c64
intel 486 sx-25
cyrix 166+
???
amd sktA athlon xp 1700+
amd sktA barton 2500+
amd 939 opteron 146
amd 939 athlon 3800+
amd am3 x3 435

 

[FatRakoon]

It is funny you mention that. Have you noticed that with each new processor generation that the difference in performance seems to get less and less dramatic?

I have noticed it going backwards!

We seemed to almost hit 4Ghz ... My own highest clocking stock CP{U was the prescott 660 which was 3.6Ghz, I know of a 3.8Ghz CPU but no higher ( Not stock I mean ) and then my next CPU after that was half its speed...

By this time next year we will all be striving to get as little Mhz as possible... Taking the mickey out of people with all those unwanted extra Mhz!!!

No?

Oh, oh well then LOL

 

[FatRakoon]

That is very similar to me. I was still using my Atari ST up until the early 2000s despite owning and running a PC for years.

I still use My Ataris... Admittedly, not the ST, because the resolution is too poor for todays world, but certainly the TT and the Falcon get used every day.

Even my best most powerful PC is no better than the Falcon on most things, so I use that more than the PC.

 

[FoxEye]

As for the comment that Cyrix 166+ was a "poor chip", wiki has this to say:

Later in 1995 Cyrix released its best-known chip, the 6x86 (M1), this processor continued the Cyrix tradition of making faster replacements for Intel designed sockets, however the 6x86 was the star performer in the range, giving a tangible performance boost over the Intel "equivalent". 6x86 processors were given names such as P166+ indicating a performance better than a Pentium 166MHz processor, in fact the 6x86 processor was clocked at a significantly lower speed than the Pentium part it outperformed. Initially Cyrix tried to charge a premium for its extra performance, but the 6x86's math coprocessor was not as fast as that in the Intel Pentium, the main difference being not one of actual computing performance on the coprocessor, but the lack of instruction pipelining. Due to the increasing popularity of first-person 3D games, Cyrix was forced to lower its prices. While the 6x86 quickly gained a following among computer enthusiasts and independent computer shops, unlike AMD its chips had yet to be used by a major OEM customer.

Also the Cyrix design went on to become AMD's geode processor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrix

 

[FatRakoon]

What?

Back in the day, I had the Cyrix 333.

My mate InsanCen had the P200MMX

My Cyrix was in fact a 262Mhz even though it said 333

I really want so hard to say that they were about on par and for most things they were, or are, but the 200MMX would always edge out in front... Always.

As for Wiki, we should all know by now that anyone can edit the thing so you cannot take it as factual.

I would say that to have a fair equivalent, then a 200Mhz Intel and a 300Mhz Cyrix is about right.

I am not saying the Cyrix 300 is the same... I am saying a 300Mhz Cyrix is the same.

The Cyrix also went on to VIA did they not? - has anyone been unlucky enough to get hold of a VIA3 CPU?

I have. I have a VIA 800Mhz CPU here and its slower than a Celeron 600

The Cyrix CPUs are at best, dire and at worst... Dire-er ?

LOL

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

Mmmm... let's see

MOS6502 (Vic-20)
MOS6510 (C-64)
Motorola 68000 (Amiga 600)
Cyrix 266MHz
AMD (something whose name I forget now) @400MHz
AMD Athlon 900
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
Intel Core2 X6800

Not sure what's going to be next on the list but one thing I do know - I won't be spending the same kind of dough on it as I did with the X6800

 

[FoxEye]

What?

Back in the day, I had the Cyrix 333.

Back in the day, I had the Cyrix 166+

And neither of our experiences are at odds with that article

It says that the 166+ was an excellent chip for its day (it was), but that by the time the Cyrix 333 was released, they were well behind the competition.

The only problem I had with the 166+ was keeping it cool.

 

[FatRakoon]

I remember with the 333 that I had a peek inside her ( fnaar ) and I saw that I had forgot to put the H/S onto the CPU and I I touched it to see how warm it was...

Still got the scar.

 

[cainer]

athlon 900 in year 2000, athlon 3200+ clawhammer in 2004, next week i7 920 @ 4ghz

 

[Ricardox1]

amd sempron 2004-2006 amd athlon x2 2006-2009 intel [email protected] 2010

 

[Cool Breeze]

Oooh this is gonna be tricky....

1995-2010

486 DX4 100
pentuim 166mmx
pentium 233mmx
AMD K6-2 333
PIII 450
2 x Celeron 500's (dual socket board)
PIII 800 (OC'd to 900-1000)
Athlon XP 1800+
Athlon XP 2400+
Athlon XP 2500+ (oc'ed to 2800 speeds)
Pentium 4 2.8,
Pentium 4 3.2 (dad) Was my CPU the year my dad died, so I named it afer him!)
AMD 64 2800 S939
AMD 64 3200 S939
AMD 64 3500 S754
AMD 64 4000 S939
AMD 64 x2 4200 S939
AMD 64 x2 5000 BE AM2
Phenom 1 9600 (the crap one with TLB bug)
Phenom 1 9750
Core 2 Duo E6300
Core 2 Duo E8400
Core 2 Quad 6600 (oc'd to 3.4)
Q9550 (oc'd 3.8)
Phenom II x3 720BE (oc'd 3.6)
And all they way up to date the rig in my sig!!

 

[ghop]

I haven't got a particularly large CPU history, but here goes, in order from first to last

AMD K62 500mhz
Intel Pentium 4 530 3.0ghz
Intel E2160 1.8ghz (3.0ghz OC)
Intel T5450 1.6ghz (in my laptop )
AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (given to me, used to build my mum's computer )
Intel E6400 (3.4ghz OC)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (again, given to me and used to build my dad's computer )
Then the E6400 was sold and I went back to the E2160, then finally, my most recent chip!
Intel i5 750 (3.8ghz OC) and what a chip it is!

 

[remy87]

p2
p4 northwood
c2d E6600 (still in use as a server)
i7 920

 

[bells]

Amiga 500 ?
Pentium 3 500mhz ?
Athlon Xp 1600+ A
Athlon Xp 2100+ A
Athlon Xp 2400+ A
Athlon Xp 3200+ A
Athlon 64 4000+ 939
Athlon Fx 60 939
Core 2 E6600 775
Core 2 Q6600 775
I7 860 1156

This was over 22 years 'omg'

 

[chipps101]

286 sx-16
386 sx-33
386 dx-40
486 dx-40
486 dx4-100
duron 900 (pencil modded and ran @ 1.3)
athlon xp 1600+
athlon xp 2600+
athlon 64 3200+ @2.5
athlon 64 x2 4400+
athlon 64 x2 5600+
core 2 quad q6600 @3.3

a few other pc's along with some of those at the same time but those were the ones in my main rig

and i still actually have the xp 1600+, xp 2600+ and x2 5600+ in full pc's

omg i just realised i've never actually owned a pentium of any kind

and if we are listing pre pc, spectrum 48k, spectrum 128k, tatung einstein, atari 520 st

 

[Muel]

P4 2.4ghz.
P4 2.66ghz.
P4 HT 2.4ghz.
AMD Phenom II 965BE C2. 3.8ghz.

Big step for me.

Also had a couple of useless old laptops with Pentium 3s or something like that, and a 1ghz Intel something laptop, no idea what it actually was, and now I also have a netbook with an Atom.

 

[moggie]

• Z80 ( ZX81)
• 6809 Dragon 32
• 386SX16 ( old work machine, running linux,X11,dos and wordperfect ( in dosemu ) )
• Pentium Pro ( old work machine )
• Athlon 64 3200 ( Not counting work portables now )
• Athlon 64X2 4200
• Just about to buy new machine

So there was a large chunk of time when I was at uni that I only had proper machines to use but I didn't own them so they don't count

 

[Uriel]

I'll skip Spectrums and Amigas etc and launch straight into PCs...

Intel Pentium MMX 166, AMD K6-2 300, Cyrix MII 300
AMD K6-2 550, Intel Celeron 366
AMD Athlon XP 2400+
AMD Athlon XP 3200+
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (939), Intel Pentium M 1.6GHz
AMD Athlon X2 4600+ (939)
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ (AM2, 65nm), Intel Atom 270
AMD Athlon X2 5000+ (AM2+, 45nm @ Phenom FX-5000 x4 3.3GHz)