Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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Yuki
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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Do I need to overclock it beyond the specs, or this require a x86?

Perifractic
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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An eggsellsant question. Have I cracked the answer here?

SlithyMatt
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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Just compile the emulator for PowerPC and you'll be able to cook Thanksgiving Dinner.

JazzaMega
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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On 5/17/2020 at 4:50 PM, SlithyMatt said:




Just compile the emulator for PowerPC and you'll be able to cook Thanksgiving Dinner.



You could also try compiling it on a "Prescott" Pentium 4 for extra flavor.

TomXP411
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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On 5/17/2020 at 11:42 AM, Perifractic said:




An eggsellsant question. Have I cracked the answer here?



Surely, you're yolking. The 6502 barely gets above room temperature. It's the VIC and SID chips that used to get so hot on vintage machines.....

troj
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Can I cook eggs on the CPU?

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To heck with the eggs, I want to know how fast it'll crank out work units for Folding@Home!

-Kevin

TomXP411
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2 minutes ago, troj said:




To heck with the eggs, I want to know how fast it'll crank out work units for Folding@Home!



-Kevin











I'd say about 4 a minute....

TomXP411
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4 minutes ago, troj said:




To heck with the eggs, I want to know how fast it'll crank out work units for Folding@Home!



-Kevin



Looks like maybe 4 folds a minute.....



 





 

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