As for the forums being Dead the answer is no, they are extremely slow, the game is 13 years old and still plays well, just think of the computers that were out in 1999 here is processor history for 1999, for those who don't know AMD is Advanced Micro Devices
January 4
Intel releases 366 and 400 MHz Celeron processors, priced at US$123 and US$158 each, respectively, in 1000-unit quantities. [1233.131] [1559]
January 7
Intel confirms that its next-generation processor, code-named Katmai, will be called the Pentium III. [1559]
January 13
Advanced Micro Devices introduces the low-power K6-2 processors, designed for notebook use. They include 3DNow technology, and a 100 MHz processor bus. Speeds and prices are 266 MHz (US$106), 300 MHz (US$187), and 333 MHz (US$299) each in quantities of 1,000. [843.30] [871.98] [1559]
January
Advanced Micro Devices launches the 400 MHz AMD K6-2 processor with 3DNow technology. [937.32]
January 25
Intel announces the new mobile Pentium II processors, with integrated 256 kB L2 cache. Code-name during development was Dixon. Speeds are 300, 333, and 366 MHz. [871.41] [1265.4] [1559]
Intel announces the 266 to 300 MHz mobile Celeron processors for notebook computers, with integrated Level 2 cache. [871.98] [1265.4] [1559]
February 15
The International Solid-State Circuits Conference is held in San Francisco, California, over three days Toshiba and Sony Computer Entertainment announce specifications of a new processor. It has two integer pipelines, two vector math units, dedicated MPEG-2 decoding subsystem, 128-bit chip, 250 MHz operation, and 125 MHz bus to memory. [1014.13] [2057.35] [2146.26]
February 22
Advanced Micro Devices releases the 400 MHz K6-III processor. It features 3DNow! graphics instructions, Direct X 6.0 support, 64 kB Level 1 cache, 256 kB on-chip Level 2 cache. The processor incorporates 21.3 million transistors in a 0.25-micron process. Code-name during development was Sharptooth. [974.105] [1178.76] [1233.133] [1559]
February 24
At the Intel Developer's Forum in Palm Springs, California, Intel demonstrates a Pentium III processor operating at 1002 MHz, the fastest standard desktop processor speed to date. [1559]
February 26
Intel announces the Pentium III processor. Initial speeds are 450 and 500 MHz. The processor introduces 70 new Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE). Each processor has a unique identity code that can be accessed over the Internet. Code-name for the processor during development was Katmai. [974.105] [1178.75] [1279.43] [1425.31] [1559] [1635.52] [1897.131] (January [1013.92])
March
Intel releases the Pentium III Xeon processor. [974.105]
Intel releases the 433 MHz Celeron processor, with 128 kB L2 cache. [1425.31]
March 31
Processor unit shares in the PC market: Advanced Micro Devices 46.7%, Intel 42.2%, Cyrix 11%. [1178.74]
April 5
Advanced Micro Devices releases the 475 MHz K6-2 processor. Price is US$213 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
April
Cyrix releases the MII processor. [974.105]
May 24
Advanced Micro Devices releases the Mobile AMD-K6-III-P processor, in speeds of 350, 366, and 380 MHz. Prices are US$249, US$316, and US$349 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
June 14
Intel releases first processors made with 0.18 micron manufacturing process, 400 MHz Pentium II and Celeron processors. [1559]
June 22
At the PC Expo trade show in New York, Samsung and Alpha Processor demonstrate a computer running a 1 GHz Alpha processor using normal cooling methods. Alpha Processor announces a 750 MHz Alpha 21264 processor, to be released in July. [1559]
June 23
Advanced Micro Devices announces that it will market the processor code-named K7 as the Athlon processor. The company announces it has started shipping 500 to 600 MHz processors to computer manufacturers. [1559]
June 30
Via Technology of Taiwan and National Semiconductor of California announce that Via will buy National's Cyrix division. [1183.48] [1559]
(month unknown)
John Dvorak quote in PC Magazine on the name Athlon for a processor: "It sounds more like a pair of sneakers. Or perhaps a new ointment.". [1194.83]
July 13
Intel announces it has completed the design of the 64-bit processor code-named Merced. [1559]
August 9
Advanced Micro Devices introduces the Athlon processor, formerly code-named K7. The processor features Enhanced 3DNow! technology. Speeds and prices are 650 MHz (US$849), 600 MHz (US$615), 550 MHz (US$449), 500 MHz (US$249). [974.105] [1179.69] [1559]
August
Via Technologies signs a purchase agreement with National Semiconductor to acquire Cyrix, except for the MediaGX processor. [1194.121]
August 30
Advanced Micro Devices releases the 500 MHz K6-2 processor. Price is US$167 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
September 16
Intel introduces the 433 and 466 MHz mobile Celeron processors. Prices are US$159 and US$209 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
September 23
Intel tells PC vendors to delay shipments of computers using Pentium III processors with 820 chipsets and Rambus DRAM, due to unresolved application and system crashes. [1112.62]
(month unknown)
Intel introduces the Mobile Pentium III processor. Speeds available are 400, 450, and 500 MHz, with 100 MHz bus and 256 kB Level 2 cache. The processors are made using 0.18 micro fabrication. [1103.45] [1104.33]
Intel introduces the Xeon processor in speeds of 600, 667, and 733 MHz, with a 133 MHz bus. Price of the 733 MHz chip is US$826 in large quantities. [1104.33]
October 4
Intel announces the official name for the 64-bit processor code-named Merced: Itanium. [1103.11] [1559]
October 5
At the Microprocessor Forum, Advanced Micro Devices gives first details of its own 64-bit processor, code-named Sledgehammer, backward-compatible with Intel 32-bit x86 architecture processors. [1559]
October 7
At the Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, California, Hewlett-Packard announces the 550 MHz PA-RISC 8600 processor, based on and compatible with the PA-RISC 8500 processor. A new feature of the 8600 is the ability to run in exact parallel with another 8600, providing fail-safe execution in the event of one processor failing. [1559]
October
At the Microprocessor Forum, Motorola announces it has a PowerPC G4 processor with AltiVec technology running at 700 MHz. [1026.25]
At the Microprocessor Forum, Advanced Micro Devices first announces details of HyperTransport, a replacement for the PCI bus. The architecture can be implemented with 2-32 pins, with maximum transfer rate of 3.2 GBps. Code-name during development is Lighting Data Transport. [1268.79]
Advanced Micro Devices unveils the 700 MHz Athlon processor. Price is US$849 in large quantities. [1104.33] [1261] [1635.52]
October 25
In San Jose, California, Intel introduces new and updated Pentium III processors based on 0.18-micron technology, code-named Coppermine. The processor incorporates 28 million transistors with 0.18-micron technology. Speeds and prices in 1000-unit quantities range from 500 MHz (US$239) to 733 MHz (US$776) for desktop versions, and 400 MHz (US$348) to 500 MHz (US$530) for portable versions. [1104.33] [1140.62] [1261] [1278.114] [1559] [1635.52]
November 29
Advanced Micro Devices releases the 750 MHz Athlon processor, fabricated with 0.18-micron technology. Price is US$799 in 1000-unit quantities. [1261] [1278.114] [1559] [1635.52]
Advanced Micro Devices releases the 533 MHz K6-2 processor, for US$167 in 1000-unit quantities. [1559]
(month unknown)
Intel introduces the 650 MHz Pentium IIIE processor, with 256 kB on-chip cache accessible at full processor speed. [1235.19]
December 20
Intel releases the 750 and 800 MHz Pentium III processors. Prices are US$803 and US$851 respectively, in 1000-unit quantities. [1559] [1635.52]
you can find a complete history at
http://processortimeline.info/and of course my history:
back in the beginning I was ...cant remember.. 1999-2000 something, I played on magic's 56k dial up if you had a low ping under 100 u got rejected by server, once I got DSL I became Spongebob on the litterbox server, because I was rejected by magic's .. ping too low.. so long moni and wildcat, wild was a hottie from the netherlands, never heard from them again, on litterbox I played with warpcat, popeye Pussy Galore now PG and so many more, litterbox ended after Warpcat got sick with cancer:( I joined nOs* sometime after that, I started using Grandpa, because my daughter had a zipper installed to pump out grandchildren at high volume, kidding about the zipper, not about the grandchildren, before all of this at the very beginning I was part of the attack force in 2283 on LBX-7683 working for the Liandri Corporation, we were a small tactical squad we attacked the robot world. We succeeded in penetrating the core of the robots' prime facility, and we destroyed the central AI generators, preventing the machines from replicating. Me myself captured the sentient machine Xan Kriegor. I reprogamed him and trained him for the 2291UT fights. where Xan Kriegor is the first champion of the Liandri team - "The Corrupt". later in 2293 I trained Malcolm a human who defeats Xan, Malcolm is hailed as the biggest star in human history and is worshipped as a god. Xan is returned to the Liandri Corporation for upgrades. in 2302 I was completely against letting in the gene-boosted monster Gorge, He defeated Malcolm in the champion of the Tournament. in 2303 Xan, Malcolm, and Gorge, I have since upgraded Xan and is deadlier than ever. and his team of combat droids from LBX-7683. Through a masive explosion of an antimatter reactor I was thrown back in time to the year 1911, where I secretly influenced the incorporation of IBM then called C-T-R and in 1921 influenced Karel Capek about Robots, So I spent many years behind the scene of technology and science fiction and I even started the space race just by a few comments to the right people, Finally we were at a point where I could recreate my future world in todays gaming world, so I footed the bill and ideas for Tim Sweeney to start Epic Mega games, its all history after that, Now my booster spice shots have all worn off and I am aging again with no hope of getting more because we haven�t progressed enough for an FTL trip to the Magellanic Clouds where the booster spice is found. I tried telling Einstein that faster then light travel was possible, but he was so sure the energy requirements would be infinite as he stated E=MC2 and was not interested in quantum bubbles as I tried to influence, This cost 50 years of delay, whereby I wont make it to reap the benefits of the youth drug, darn
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