Cyrex, oh wait, I mean Cyrix, but I guess not many gets that movie reference either. Movie was Eraser, they did change it to Cyrez, but it already was Cyrex-Cyrix in my memory. I had 6x86 and did it land on it's face on Quake, perhaps CPU would of been a better, if not software had not been moving to using code that did run strong on Intel, but not on Cyrix.
can graphics processor be included, if so then this: SiS Mirage 3+ Graphics (sounds cool doesn't it) This will prove, it's a little less than cool.. I kid you not, that's with updated drivers. Yes using the CPU for graphics is probably faster. Also, for video capabilities: Decode: MPEG2 (only on the Plus version ) that's it. You can watch DVDs without CPU at 100%, but other videos, well uhh
You can get an i5 2400 or maybe an i7 2600 for the same price or well under. Same or much better performance, and you can actually upgrade past the i7 2600. On the Fx 8350, that's the best there is for that socket, anything higher is literally a factory overclocked processor. FX today is garbage. Also, you know, most coolers for FX mounting vertically which chokes airflow and makes them run really hot.
The first generation Intel Pentium 4 - they were slower than the Pentium 3s they replaced, and often ran quite hot. Cyrix MII - Horribly underpowered, even for its time. Intel Itanium - Mostly a failure commercially. I can't say anything about its performance, but a total lack of x86 support in a market that expects that... well it was never going to do well. early Intel Atom - These were so underpowered even simple tasks could max the CPU. I feel bad for anyone stuck on an old netbook with one of these. Any CPU using the Intel Upgrade Service
The U series are very power efficient, and produce very little heat. For what they are meant for they are great CPUs. The problem comes when OEMs decide to put them into systems they're not made for, like full size laptops or desktops (not even kidding I've seen i5 U series in a desktop before). Intel needs to lower the price on them though.
I think Intel needs to lower price of any performing CPU. Their low end is kinda ok in price, but premium they charge from anything usable is bit much.
haha... Problem is I only have one good board for Socket 939, and it has a nVidia chipset. Don't want to risk messing it up. Meanwhile i have 3 different LGA 775 boards and a ton of processors for them. Can we also list graphics processors in this thread?
Don't worry, I had puter with Athlon CPU (Not XP), it had custom loop water cooling, which did fail as I was sleeping, PC was still on at the morning, motherboard was quite twisted blackish brown, there was kind of hole in CPU. Mobo was Asus, so as you would except, just throw new CPU in and it was fully working, perfectly reliable machine for several years after that incident, who knows, it still might be alive as I gave it away free for someone in need. Those old Asus boards were something to build legend on, I guess their better boards are still top of the best, some remarkable engineering and manufacturing. So certainly not bad quality, even CPU can't be rated very bad, sure those liked to run hot, but they did their job.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned the Pentium M, it's supposed to be a laptop CPU but most laptops don't have good enough cooling for it. Even on the IBM Z60M, which has pretty good cooling, the operating temperature of the CPU during relatively simple tasks is 92-96°C (it shuts itself down at 100). I had to use that laptop for several months when my computer broke and it made me really appreciate modern CPU's. I couldn't watch youtube videos at more than 360p and I had to install a custom fan controller, because the default one just couldn't keep up with the massive temperature spikes caused by just opening a program. As a side effect the laptop sounds like a hair dryer most of the time, due to the fan almost constantly running at full RPM. the amazing thing (and probably the only reedeming quality) about the CPU is that it's now 14 years old, yet it still works despite constantly running on the edge of overheating.
My motherboard is a Biostar GeForce 6100-M9, but the weird thing about it is that mine has the red PCB DIMMs, PCI-E slots, IDE and power connectors, etc. but the PCB is actually the blue one. I can't find another like it. I have an Athlon x2 3800+ that usually sits in the board, surprised it still has pins on it because every time I take a cooler off the CPU it comes right off the socket.
