Originally posted by: FightTest
Probably the Pentium, at least from a gaming perspective.
I remember having a 486 and not even being able to run games that my friends with Hewlett Packard (heh) Pentium 60s had smoking.
C2Ds are nice and all but we live in a world of video card supremacy. Most people could change their processor from a single core Athlon 64 or worse to a C2D and not notice much difference. Really the only people who would vote for multi-core systems are the minority that truly take advantage of them.
Originally posted by: RedStar
Why is the 8088 not listed? It obviously changed the world!!
Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Ten years = 1996. The original pentium was announced in 1993.
I'd say the Pentium Pro 200 w/2MB L2 cache. Rare and as expensive as some cars. The Corollary 8-way system was the fastest x86 system of the time. (Probably the most expensive too!)
You're comparing the A64 to the wrong competition. It was every bit as fast, compared to it's competition, the Pentium E series, as the C2D is over the X2's, if not more. Of course, the 8088 was by far the most ground breaking of them all. I used to have two of those chips.Originally posted by: stogez
Athlon 64 definitely belongs up there but not on the top. From just the performance basis, you cant deny Core2Duo the #1 spot. Lowest end C2D beats highest A64 in most tests when OC'd.
Originally posted by: RedStar
Why is the 8088 not listed? It obviously changed the world!!
Originally posted by: Blain
"What was the most ground breaking consumer desktop CPU released in the last 10 years in terms of making a significant leap in performance?"
* Pentium is more than 10 years old.
* Cyrix MediaGX?
* Pentium III... Katmai, Coppermine or Tualatin?
* P4... Willamette, Northwood, Prescott or Cedar Mill?
* Core Solo?
* Core Duo?
Originally posted by: RedStar
Why is the 8088 not listed? It obviously changed the world!!
Originally posted by: j00fek
Originally posted by: RedStar
Why is the 8088 not listed? It obviously changed the world!!
:thumbsup:
The MediaGX was from a different manufacturer than either the Pentium or K2 CPU's. It may have not been amazing, but that could be said about the P2 & K6-2 also.Originally posted by: Hulk
The Cyrix MediaGX....I don't recall anything amazing about that chip
Pentium III - All the same family, Coppermine and Tualatin moved to on-die cache