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[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] bigbangdangler@reddthat.com 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Perhaps the greatest misnomer in computing history.

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days 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.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 2 points 2 days 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.