• DdCno1@beehaw.org
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    9 hours ago

    That one made CPUs run at a lower clock speed so that older games would run.

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      4 hours ago

      On the case we had, it also (or perhaps only) made the fans run faster, which was hilarious.

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        3 hours ago

        Were fans even all that common on cases back then? I had a 486 clocked at 100 MHz that only needed the tiniest passive heat spreader - and this was years after turbo buttons were a thing.

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        3 hours ago

        I’m still salty about the Geforce 4 MX (which was just a slightly modified 2 MX, with none of the features of the newer 4-series), although that’s more of a case of false marketing.