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Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

I think socket 5 is probably the winner. You could get a brand new socket 5 board with a Pentium at 66mhz in 1994 and that was top of the line. Later you could buy a 3.3v Pentium MMX @ 200mhz as a drop in replacement - more than tripling the clock speed and giving you MMX. Socket 5 and 66 MHz …

Re: What vintage CPU socket saw the biggest increase in CPU horsepower from release to retirement?

Socket 3 was released for new DX4 CPUs, so it has very short upgrade path. It's not correct to include pin-compatible CPUs which are older than socket itself. Now Slot 1 is a strong contender, but only if third-party mods for BIOS and adapters are considered. Same goes for LGA775, because it had …

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