this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2026
56 points (96.7% liked)
PC Gaming
14823 readers
515 users here now
For PC gaming news and discussion. PCGamingWiki
Rules:
- Be Respectful.
- No Spam or Porn.
- No Advertising.
- No Memes.
- No Tech Support.
- No questions about buying/building computers.
- No game suggestions, friend requests, surveys, or begging.
- No Let's Plays, streams, highlight reels/montages, random videos or shorts.
- No off-topic posts/comments, within reason.
- Use the original source, no clickbait titles, no duplicates. (Submissions should be from the original source if possible, unless from paywalled or non-english sources. If the title is clickbait or lacks context you may lightly edit the title.)
founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Yes, well, I won't be able to afford that so can I have the turbo button back please
That one made CPUs run at a lower clock speed so that older games would run.
Perhaps the greatest misnomer in computing history.
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.
On the case we had, it also (or perhaps only) made the fans run faster, which was hilarious.
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.
Ya, if this hardware hike every decides to end, I'm holding for it. Else I'll just play all these old bangers I missed and keep playing the really good ones I still do. Not to mention all the shit I can emulate that I never beat. There are so many games to keep me busy for the rest of my life, and so many good indie developers that aren't chasing that top tier spec PC on their titles that make really good games.