Intel and their family of CPUs

**ming** · November 17th, 2004

http://news.com.com/AMD+hatches+new+...l?tag=nefd.top

The above link is just for reference to AMD's family of CPUs, but it does give you an idea of what's been happening.

Anyway, does anyone remember running a P5 or P6?? Most of you are probably thinking that I'm nuts and that the P5/P6 never existed. You'd be wrong to think that.

When I first got my Pentium PC, it was labelled P5 on the box although the CPU itself was only a Pentium. Strange, I thought. But having read the above link, I think Intel has lost the plot.

Intel's P designation for chip families such as the P5 (the first Pentium) and the P6, which included both the Pentium II and III.

**ming** · November 17th, 2004

Intel's probably moved to Pentium M coz they realised that they can't be using P5 again. haha

Zarband · November 17th, 2004

Good post ming. I've been doing some research on the AMD chips. This helped a lot actually, thanks

**ThePatriot** · November 17th, 2004

Originally Posted by ming

Anyway, does anyone remember running a P5 or P6?? Most of you are probably thinking that I'm nuts and that the P5/P6 never existed. You'd be wrong to think that.
When I first got my Pentium PC, it was labelled P5 on the box although the CPU itself was only a Pentium. Strange, I thought. But having read the above link, I think Intel has lost the plot.

I, unfortunately, am old enough to remember and have owned a P5...and earlier

**LordOfLA** · November 17th, 2004

I started out on an NEC V20 Turbo. Ran at an earth shatteriing 8Mhz!!!

Elektro Slime · November 18th, 2004

check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!!

**LordOfLA** · November 18th, 2004

uh... you serious???

this is 2004 for the next 5/6 weeks you should get a new PC and retire the snail hehe

**ming** · November 18th, 2004

Originally Posted by Elektro Slime

check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!!

um, read the first post/link.. you'll find that your P1 is probably a P5. haha

**chastity** · November 18th, 2004

which means the Pentium 4 should be P7 class cpus

**LordOfLA** · November 18th, 2004

not sure, I think P4's were stuck under P6 as well. as from the pentium pro onwards to was virtually unchanged. To my knowledge all that was added were more instructions and smaller components.

However I would be very interested to learn more

so if anyone has correct and/or more info please post

**FishBoy** · November 18th, 2004

Originally Posted by Elektro Slime

check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!!

whyyyyy
get a new computer, they might pay you to buy this classic from you

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Intel and their family of CPUs http://news.com.com/AMD+hatches+new+...l?tag=nefd.top The above link is just for reference to AMD's family of CPUs, but it does give you an idea of what's been happening. Anyway, does anyone remember running a P5 or P6?? Most of you are probably thinking that I'm nuts and that the P5/P6 never existed. You'd be wrong to think that. When I first got my Pentium PC, it was labelled P5 on the box although the CPU itself was only a Pentium. Strange, I thought. But having read the above link, I think Intel has lost the plot. Intel's P designation for chip families such as the P5 (the first Pentium) and the P6, which included both the Pentium II and III. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Intel's probably moved to Pentium M coz they realised that they can't be using P5 again. haha Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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Zarband The Iconoclast Joined: November 2004 Location: Japan Posts: 86 Reputation: 30 Power: 89	Good post ming. I've been doing some research on the AMD chips. This helped a lot actually, thanks Thanks to colinm1 for the sig! \| Zarband@hotmail.com \| http://www.slsknet.org

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ThePatriot -=[BOHICA!]=- Joined: January 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,742 Reputation: 750 Power: 123	Originally Posted by ming Anyway, does anyone remember running a P5 or P6?? Most of you are probably thinking that I'm nuts and that the P5/P6 never existed. You'd be wrong to think that. When I first got my Pentium PC, it was labelled P5 on the box although the CPU itself was only a Pentium. Strange, I thought. But having read the above link, I think Intel has lost the plot. I, unfortunately, am old enough to remember and have owned a P5...and earlier

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Elektro Slime Harware Guru Joined: November 2004 Location: Just due South of Heaven Posts: 334 Reputation: 290 Power: 94	check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!! My blog [Under construction] Check out my intel overclocking guide here.

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	uh... you serious??? this is 2004 for the next 5/6 weeks you should get a new PC and retire the snail hehe If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Originally Posted by Elektro Slime check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!! um, read the first post/link.. you'll find that your P1 is probably a P5. haha Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,097 Reputation: 613 Power: 143	which means the Pentium 4 should be P7 class cpus

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,015 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 209	not sure, I think P4's were stuck under P6 as well. as from the pentium pro onwards to was virtually unchanged. To my knowledge all that was added were more instructions and smaller components. However I would be very interested to learn more so if anyone has correct and/or more info please post If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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FishBoy Feeeesh Joined: August 2004 Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia (for summer vacay) Posts: 1,685 Reputation: 530 Power: 113	Originally Posted by Elektro Slime check my sig, and yes im actually on that now! i swear!!!!! whyyyyy get a new computer, they might pay you to buy this classic from you

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