The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is a hardware component that unlocks new versions of Progressbar if you have reached the system requirements. The player starts with the 386DK processor, which is based on the Intel 80386DX processor.
Different processors can be used by spending Progress Data, or using My menu's Hardware Manager. The best processors that can be unlocked are the Corn 11i 9.5 Ghz, MD Razor 9 9500 and CRX1686-9512 (they used to be the Corn 11i 8.0 Ghz).
Several companies exist, such as Flint (for Intel), MD (for AMD), CRX (for Cyrix), Bikerola (for Motorola, BarOS only), PBPower (for IBM's PowerPC family of CPUs, BarOS and the BC version of B OS), and Pyrus (for Apple, BarOS only).
Upgrade Progression[]
Progressbar[]
Name | Points | Possible real-life equivalent | Notes |
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386DK | 0 | Intel 80386DX | Starting CPU
Used to be called 386DX |
486DK-20 | 25000 | Intel 80486DX | Minimum for Progressbar 95 plus
Used to be called 486DX-20 |
486DK-25 | 17000 | Intel 80486DX | Removed in newer versions |
486DK-33 | 27000 | Intel 80486DX | Used to be called 486DX-33 |
486DK2-50 | 19000 | Intel 80486DX2 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called 486DX2-50 Used to be the best CPU |
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22000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 98
486DK2-66 used to be called 486DX2-66 Used to be the best CPU after 486DK2-50 |
486DK2-90 | 18000 | Intel iDX4/iDX4 OverDrive | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called 486DX2-90 Used to be the best CPU after 486DK2-66 |
CRX586-75 | 22000 | Cyrix 5x86 (80 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
Pent-90 | 26000 | Intel Pentium (90 MHz) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called PIntium-90[verify] |
CRX586-100 | 26000 | Cyrix 5x86 (100 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
CRX686-133 | 26000 | Cyrix 6x86 PR 133+ | Removed in newer versions |
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45000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar Meme
Pent-150 used to be called PIntium-150 |
CRX686-166 | 20000 | Cyrix 6x86 PR 166+ | Removed in newer versions |
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35000 |
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Pent-200MXM used to be called PIntium-200MXM |
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45000 |
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Pent-233 used to be called PIntium-233 |
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50000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 2000
Pent PRO 250 used to be called Pent PRO |
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50000 |
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CRX686-300 | 30000 | Cyrix 6x86 PR 200+ | Removed in newer versions |
MD-PR333 | 40000 | AMD K6-2 | Removed in newer versions |
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60000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar XB |
Seleron 350 | 40000 | Intel Celeron | Removed in newer versions |
CRX786-400 | 30000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
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60000 |
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MD-PR450 | 30000 | AMD K6-2 | Removed in newer versions |
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90000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar Wista |
Seleron 500 | 37000 | Intel Celeron (500 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
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85000 |
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CRX786-600 | 30000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
MD Atlant 650 | 10000 | AMD Athlon (650 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
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100000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 7 |
Seleron 700 | 40000 | Intel Celeron (700 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
CRX886-750 | 35500 | VIA C7D | Removed in newer versions |
MD Atlant 800 | 50000 | AMD Athlon (800 MHz) | Removed in newer versions |
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70000 |
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Seleron 870 | 50000 | Intel Celeron | Removed in newer versions |
CRX886-900 | 55000 | VIA C7M | Removed in newer versions |
MD Atlant 950 | 65000 | AMD Athlon | Removed in newer versions |
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100000 |
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Used to be the requirements for Progressbar 81
MD Atlant 1000 used to be called MD Atlant PR1000 |
Seleron 1Ghz | 20000 | Intel Celeron (1 GHz) | Removed in newer versions |
CRX986-1000 | 20000 | VIA Eden 1G Ulv | Removed in newer versions |
Pent III 1.1Ghz | 20000 | Intel Pentium III (1.10 GHz) | Removed in newer versions |
Seleron 1.2Ghz | 20000 | Intel Celeron (1.20 GHz) | Removed in newer versions |
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30000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 81 |
Seleron 1.4Ghz | 60000 | Intel Celeron (1.20 GHz) | Removed in newer versions |
CRX986-1600 | 75500 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
MD Atlant 1500 | 95000 | AMD Athlon 1500+ | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called MD Atlant PR1500 |
Pent 4 1.6 Ghz | 150000 | Intel Pentium 4 | Minimum for Progressbar 10
Used to be called Pent III 1.6Ghz |
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150000 |
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CRX986-1800 | 20000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
MD 2X 1800 | 20000 | AMD Athlon X2 | Removed in newer versions |
MD Atlant PR2000 | 20000 | AMD Athlon 2000+ | Removed in newer versions |
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200000 |
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Seleron 1.7Ghz | 20000 | Intel Celeron | Removed in newer versions |
MD 2X 2000 | 20000 | AMD Athlon X2 | Removed in newer versions |
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250000 |
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Corn 2 2.1Ghz used to be called Pent III 2.1Ghz
Minimum for Progressbar 1X[verify] |
Seleron 2.2Ghz | 20000 | Intel Celeron (2.20 GHz) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be the best CPU after 486DK-90 |
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250000 |
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MD 2X 2500 | 80000 | AMD Athlon X2 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 1K-2500 | 80000 | MediaTek Helio series | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 2 3Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core 2 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 2 3.1Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core 2 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 2K-3100 | 80000 | MediaTek Helio series | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-2000 2.5Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions |
MD Ph 2500 | 80000 | AMD Phenom | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 3K-2500 | 80000 | MediaTek Helio series | Removed in newer versions |
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250000 |
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300000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 11 |
Corn 3i-3K 3.0Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 3K-3100 | 80000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-3K 3.1Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 3000 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-3000 3.1 Ghz |
MD Ph II 3100 | 80000 | AMD Phenom II | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-4K 2.5Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-4000 2.5 Ghz |
CRX 3K-2700 | 80000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-4K 3.1Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-4000 3.1 Ghz |
MD Ph II 3300 | 80000 | AMD Phenom II | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-5K 3.0Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-5000 3.0 Ghz |
CRX 3K-3300 | 80000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-5K 3.5Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-5000 3.5 Ghz |
MD PhX 3500 | 80000 | AMD Phenom X | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-6K 3.1Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-6000 3.1 Ghz |
MD PhX 3200 | 80000 | AMD Phenom X | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-6K 3.3Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-6000 3.3 Ghz |
CRX 3K-3500 | 80000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 3i-6K 3.7Ghz | 80000 | Intel Core i3 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 3i-6000 3.7 Ghz |
MD PhX 3700 | 80000 | AMD Phenom X | Removed in newer versions |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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400000 |
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Minimum for Progressbar 11.22 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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Corn 5i-5K 3.1Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-5000 3.0 Ghz |
CRX 5K-3300 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-5K 3.6Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-5000 3.6 Ghz |
MD Razor 3700 | 80000 | AMD Ryzen | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-6K 3.7Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-6000 3.7 Ghz |
CRX 5K-3800 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-6K 3.3Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-6000 3.3 Ghz |
MD Razor 5 3300 | 90000 | AMD Ryzen 5 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-6K 3.5Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 (2015) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-6000 3.5 Ghz |
CRX 5K-3600 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-7K 3.7Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 (2017) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-7000 3.7 Ghz |
MD Razor 5 3700 | 90000 | AMD Ryzen 5 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-7K 3.8Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 (2017) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-7000 3.8 Ghz |
CRX 5K-3800 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-8K 4.0Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-8000 4.0 Ghz |
MD Razor 5 4000 | 90000 | AMD Ryzen 5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called MD Razor 5 4K |
Corn 5i-8K 4.1Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-8000 4.1 Ghz |
CRX 5K-4200 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 5i-8K 4.3Ghz | 90000 | Intel Core i5 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 5i-8000 4.3 Ghz |
MD Razor 5 4300 | 90000 | AMD Ryzen 5 | Removed in newer versions |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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Corn 7i-8K 4.0Ghz | 120000 | Intel Core i7 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 7i-8000 4.0 Ghz |
CRX 7K-4000 | 90000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called CRX 7K-4K |
Corn 7i-8K 4.1Ghz | 120000 | Intel Core i7 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 7i-8000 4.1 Ghz |
MD Razor 7 4100 | 120000 | AMD Ryzen 7 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 7i-8K 4.2Ghz | 120000 | Intel Core i7 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 7i-8000 4.2 Ghz |
MD Razor 7 4200 | 120000 | AMD Ryzen 7 | Removed in newer versions |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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Corn 9i-8K 4.3Ghz | 180000 | Intel Core i9 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 9i-8000 4.3 Ghz |
CRX 9K-4400 | 180000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 9i-8000 4.5Ghz | 180000 | Intel Core i9 (2018) | Removed in newer versions |
MD Razor 9 4500 | 190000 | AMD Ryzen 9 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 9i-8K 4.7Ghz | 180000 | Intel Core i9 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 9i-8000 4.7 Ghz |
CRX 9K-4800 | 180000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 9i-8K 4.9Ghz | 180000 | Intel Core i9 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be called Corn 9i-8000 4.9 Ghz |
CRX 9K-5000 | 190000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
MD Razor 9 5000 | 190000 | AMD Ryzen 9 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be the best CPU after Seleron 2.2Ghz |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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Corn 11i-10K 5Ghz | 190000 | Intel Core i11 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 10K-6 | 200000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
MD Razor 10 6K | 220000 | AMD Ryzen 10 | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 11i-12K 7Ghz | 230000 | Intel Core i11 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 11K-7 | 250000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions |
Corn 11i-15K 9Ghz | 350000 | Intel Core i11 | Removed in newer versions
Used to be the best CPU after MD Razor 9 5000 |
MD Razor 11 6KZ3D | 450000 | AMD Ryzen 11 | Removed in newer versions |
CRX 11K-8 | 500000 | VIA (formerly Cyrix) | Removed in newer versions
Used to be the best CPU after Corn 11i-15K 9Ghz |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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Corn 11i 8.0 Ghz used to be the best CPU after CRX 11K-8 |
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300000 |
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300000 |
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The best CPUs since 0.9604 |
BarOS[]
Name | Points | Available on | Possible real-life equivalent | Notes |
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Bikerola 64000 | 0 | Bar System 1 | Motorola 6800 | Starting CPU |
Bikerola 128000 | 150000 | Bar System 2 | Motorola 68000 | |
Bikerola 128030 | 250000 | Bar System 3 | Motorola 68030 | |
Bikerola 128030 8Mhz | 300000 | Bar System 4 | Motorola 68030 | |
Bar System 5 | ||||
Bikerola 128030 16Mhz | 400000 | Bar System 6 | Motorola 68030 | |
Bikerola 128030 33Mhz | 500000 | BarOS 7 | Motorola 68LC040 33 MHz | |
Bikerola 128030 66Mhz | 600000 | BAR/X | Motorola 68LC040 66 Mhz | |
BarOS 8 | ||||
PBPower 9p 200Mhz | 700000 | BarOS 9 and B OS (BC kernel) | PowerPC 604e 200 MHz | |
PBPower 630 350Mhz | 1000000 | BarOS 10 | PowerPC G3 350 MHz | |
PBPower 640 1.0 Ghz | 1250000 | BarOS 10.II | PowerPC G4 1.0 GHz | |
Corn 3i-3K 3.1Ghz | 1500000 | BarOS 10.III | Intel Core i3 | |
Corn 3i-6K 3.7Ghz | 1750000 | BarOS 11 | Intel Core i3 | |
B1 | 2000000 | BarOS 12 | Apple M1 | B1 used to be the best CPU |
B2 | 2000000 | BarOS 13 | Apple M2 | B2 used to be the best CPU between 0.9505 and 1.0050 |
B3 | 2500000 | Apple M3 | The best CPU since 1.0055
All-in-one chip for central and graphics processing |
8-BIT[]
Name | Points | Available on | Possible real-life equivalent | Notes |
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CPU 1.00 MHz | 0 | Pyrus - | MOS Technology 6502 @ 1 MHz | Does not have an actual function in the game |
CPU 1.95 MHz | 0 | TPB-80 | Zilog Z80 @ 1.774 MHz | |
CPU 3 MHz | 1024 | Pabari 950 | MOS Technology 6502B or MOS Technology 6502 SALLY
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CPU 4 MHz | 2048 | BX Spectre | Zilog Z80A @ 3.5 MHz | |
CPU 6 MHz | 4096 | Pomodoro 84 | MOS Technology 6510/8500
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CPU 8 MHz | 8192 | Pyrus = | MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.023 MHz |
Gallery[]
Designs[]
Flint[]
MD[]
CRX[]
Badges[]
Icons[]
DOS | 1 | 2 | 3.14 | NOT 3.60 | Chitown | 95 | 95+ | NOT 4.0 | 98 | Meme | 2000 | Nepbar | Whisper | XB | Largehorn | Wista | 7 | 81 | 10 | 1X | 11 | 11.22 |
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NOT 4.0 Server | 2000 Server | Server 2002 | Server 2005 | Server 2007 | Server 2081 | Server 2011 | Server 201X | Server 2021 | Server 2023 |
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B OS |
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Trivia[]
- Before version 0.28[verify], the Pent CPUs used to be called "PIntium", as seen in the reference image.[1]
- As of version 0.9955, if the CPU starts overheating, all of the wallpapers turn red (except for PB-DOS Shell, BarOS systems, 8-BIT systems and custom wallpapers).
- When using a CRX CPU, the boot menu for Progressbar will change to Progressive Microtrends', instead of using ENERGY's.
- If you look closely to the designs of the CPUs in the gallery, they say where they were designed in. Flint CPUs were designed in Germany while MD and CRX CPUs were designed in Moldova.
- Some CPUs are mentioned in the Progressnet but do not exist in-game, for example:
- 386DK-20
- MD386DK-32
- MD386DK-64
- MD Atlant 350
- MD Atlant 1600