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Pentium was very significant in comparison to predecessors. In the beginning Intel shipped a Pentium 66 and it smoked the 486 DX 100 easily. We kind of marvele
by _the_inflator 3y ago
Pentium was very significant in comparison to predecessors. In the beginning Intel shipped a Pentium 66 and it smoked the 486 DX 100 easily.
We kind of marveled back then because MHz meant speed.
- vikingerik 3y agoPart of that was the bus and memory speed as well. The 486 bus ran at 33 MHz (the "DX4" is actually only clock-tripled to 100), while the Pentium bus and memory ran at 66.
- _the_inflator 3y agoYes, I know. Setting the jumpers for the right bus speed for the multiplication was key. This was the time of the fine tuning and over clocking. Asus boards were the best for this job back then. Some Pentium ran at 60, not 66.