• ashinadash [she/her]
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    3 months ago

    I was nodding along like "Waow...." [Basedbasedbasedbased] until

    Pentium 4s

    desolate

    • RussianEngineer [she/her]
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      3 months ago

      yes, even the awful netbursts have their use. and no, that use is not "spaceheater" even if they do that as a secondary function

      • ashinadash [she/her]
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        3 months ago

        Anything they can do that an Athlon XP would not? Purely curious (also I have always wanted an Athlon XP or 64 system rip)

        • RussianEngineer [she/her]
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          3 months ago

          athlon XPs dont support DMA over their ISA bus. the p4 can with specific chipsets

            • RussianEngineer [she/her]
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              3 months ago

              only if it has one of the chipsets which will allow full DMA over the isa slot, aka the intel 8xx series

              the intel 865/875 is the best one as it supports a faster FSB over the older 845 and 815 chipsets

              they're kinda rare tho and if it does have one, the 845 with the slower FSB is way more common then the others