Pentium 500 build suggestions ?

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Reply 20 of 22, by leileilol

Posted on 2020-06-12, 04:11

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SodaSuccubus wrote on 2020-06-11, 21:44:

Unpopular Opinion: iv never considered anything over a P- MMX/Early slow P2 to be a good "DOS Machine". Certainly not a fast p3.

Same. To me, anything in the 3 digits minimum of MHz is instinctively suited for the Win9X territory. I never ran a "pure DOS" machine since 1996. P3 was made for the SSE-enhanced 3D gaming in the Win98 business, with the rise of PCI audio and USB accessories and mainstream internet browsing.

Supposedly, turning off the cache on a P3 600 gets it to approximately close 386SX16 speeds for Wing Commander, so....... yay?

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Reply 21 of 22, by Intel486dx33

Posted on 2020-06-12, 15:36

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Okay, So which Pentium CPU will down clock the best ?
Pentium ll 400
Or
Pentium lll 500

Reply 22 of 22, by Caluser2000

Posted on 2020-06-12, 20:18

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Intel486dx33 wrote on 2020-06-12, 15:36:
Okay, So which Pentium CPU will down clock the best ? Pentium ll 400 Or Pentium lll 500 […]
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Okay, So which Pentium CPU will down clock the best ?
Pentium ll 400
Or
Pentium lll 500

Which one is slower?

There's a glitch in the matrix.
A founding member of the 286 appreciation society.
Apparently 32-bit is dead and nobody likes P4s.
Of course, as always, I'm open to correction...😉

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