Compaq Presario AMD K6 233MHz vs Intel Pentium 233MHz MMX

Compaq 2

In this video we’re going to be comparing the AMD K6 233 with the Intel Pentium MMX 233MHz
Before we’ll be running some benchmarks and showing you the result, we will put it back to its factory default settings with Windows 95.
We’ll go over the BIOS real quick and I’ll also show you some it issues I had during this video

Enjoy

0:00 - Introduction
0:57 - Booting and BIOS
1:49 - Restoring back to Windows 95
3:44 - The windows 95 experience
4:40 - The Compaq experience
6:30 - SimCity 2000 Network Edition
7:18 - MS Works 4.0
7:48 - QuickTime MoviePlayer
8:16 - Compaq Diagnostics
8:47 - Palace Server
9:15 - Memory issues
9:58 - BigFoot issues
10:50 - Benchmarking time
12:30 - SuperScape VGA Benchmark
14:11 - Chris’s 3D Benchmark
14:50 - PCPlayer Benchmark
15:58 - Doom Benchmark
16:36 - Quake Benchmark
17:55 - Norton System Information
18:45 - WinBench 99
19:13 - Outro

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[PaulinesPastimes]

That answered questions I asked 25 years ago! It is very interesting how the Pentium 233MMX was only slightly faster than the 200MMX. This was experienced in real life when we all thought the 233MMX would be quite fast and it really wasn't any better than the 200MMX, a barely noticeable difference in the real world and not worth the extra expense. Another interesting video. 😊👍

[mushroomsamba]

This is basically the same model Compaq I had as a kid growing up in the 90's. It was my family's first computer, my dad bought it at Circuit City in the US. Ours came with PGA Tour 95, quite a fun golf game for the time! It also came with a copy of Compton's Encyclopedia I actually ended up using for some bona fide school work.

[pravoslavci]

Ahh some nice processors. I have them too, nice to see some benchmarking! Thanks for the video.

[luckyluckydog]

I think the K6's results for quake are surprisingly good: it's only about 10% slower than the Pentium MMX 233, not a huge deal IMHO

[_Thrackerzod]

It has been 25 years and I still remember the serial number for my Presario because of having to use it with the restore disc.

[VKFVAX]

I'm pleased to see that you completed the mouse tutorial and can now use one!

[Revenant_Knight]

Great vid. I actually bought this exact model a year or so ago. Glad to see I’m not the only one who likes the “small” form factor Compaqs. I’m doing a P233mmx swap, Voodoo2, and Awe64 for mine.

[mindphaserxy]

PHILS benchmark compilation is the greatest thing ever

[matthewday]

The very basic DOS CPU benchmarks are very sensitive to the timing of a small group of instructions, also notable for the meteoric results of NEC V30/V20 versus 8086/8088

[abooogeek]

Just falling in right! I was on the fence between a K6 and a Pentium, both at 166Mhz. One part of me wants to keep an AMD streak (from the 386 up to my Ryzen5), and one part wanting some ultimate Pentium pre-MMX build.

[donixion]

I built a k6 300 back in the day. I was happy with it. Good CPU for the price.

[osgrov]

Very nice! The K6 was (and is) a great little chip. Great value at the time!
Those poor Bigfoot drives, they were never meant to be. Arguably the worst hard drive ever, despite the amazing idea behind them. They just kept failing, and failing, and failing...

[mxthunder]

Would have been awesome to see a K6-2 233 thrown in for good measure. I love how many options there are for comparison at the 233 mhz point.

[madmax]

I love seeing the case that Intel system is using, I had the exact same case. Brings back a lot of memories.

[shadowfox-nfzi]

R.I.P Quantum Bigfoot. Irrationally and for no reason at all, I love those drives. My 19.2GB TS drive is the holy grail of my parts collection, IMO.

[RacerS]

Had a Compaq 4704 back in the day. Put a Voodoo card in it without any other modifications and it was fantastic at the time. The Compaq restore disk brings back some memories. Had to restore the PC quite a lot in those days, but it ran so much better after doing so. Thanks for the video!

[cuttingedgeretro]

Great little PC for DOS and early windows software and games. Will be nice to see 3dfx addon card for ultimate gamers experience

[framebuffer.]

wait! 5:13 that's the girl nVidia used for years in the "color Correction" tab of the Detonator drivers!

[aaroncheah]

U can use the IDE to SATA adapter to adapt IDE interface to newer SATA HDD or SSD. Had to do this for my clone AMD K6 machine after all the IDE drives started dying one by one.

[TheotanyaSama]

One of my old DIY NAS server was based on a k6-2-333 platform (overclocked to 400MHz :3). It was a beast for a long time.