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From: hawks@sol.cms.uncwil.edu (David Hawks)
Newsgroups: alt.games.doom
Subject: Re: Does a 486DX run Doom faster than an SX?
Date: 30 Jul 1994 05:12:11 -0400
Organization: University of North Carolina @ Wilmington
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Message-ID: <31d5hb$kt6@sol.cms.uncwil.edu>
References: <31c06a$629@pipe1.pipeline.com->
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wuti@pipeline.com (Joshua Rodman) writes:
->millen3@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Neal W. Miller) wrote:
->-> As I said, these figures are rough. The best "bang
->->for buck" deal is probably buying an AMD 486dx-40 and
->->overclocking it to 50Mhz. I've been doing this since
->->November with no problems.
->This is a BAAAAAD idea. Why do you think Clock-doubled
->chips exist? Because the system doesn't run well at an
->extrememly high mhz state, so they make the 2/66 that
->appears to be a 33mhz as far as peripherals, etc. are
->concerned. 40mhz machines I wouldn't trust.. you might
->buy a card someday that might not work w/it. 50mhz,
->non-clock-doubled, I wouldn't touch it.
Get real dude! 40 MHz is the top end of the VESA spec. If your
machine can't do 40 MHz what good is it? Also there are plenty of
boards that are quite happy at 50 MHz. Think about it, how do
the Pentinums work, they run at 60, 66, 90 and 100MHz? These
aren't clock doubled CPUs. Now I could tell you how they work
but why don't you just download the comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.* FAQ
before you start spouting off total bullshit.
-- David
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