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- From: berger@atropa (Mike Berger)
- Subject: Re: AMD rubbish????
- References: <1992Dec8.093121.89@roads.sa.gov.au: <1992Dec12.032716.16273@sugra.uucp>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 18:08:17 GMT
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- ken@sugra.uucp (Kenneth Ng) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec8.093121.89@roads.sa.gov.au: wilsonn@roads.sa.gov.au writes:
- >:I'm thinking of buying a PC, either a AMD386DX40 or an Intel 486SX25 - 33. I've
- >:been told that the AMD chip is unreliable and would appreciate some feedback.
- >:Comments on relative speed between the machines also would be helpful.
-
- >If the AMD chip did not perform completely like an Intel, you would see Intel
- >plastering that all over their advertisements.
- *----
- AMD is using actual Intel microcode in their 386 line. Nonetheless
- I opted for the 33 MHz Intel CPU because I wanted a genuine Intel
- math coprocessor, and they are only available up to 33 MHz. But
- there's nothing wrong with AMD CPU chips.
- --
- Mike Berger
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