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- From: matthias@nsr.hp.com (Matthias Kamm)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: AMD rubbish????
- Date: 29 Dec 1992 01:06:09 GMT
- Organization: Hewlett Packard Santa Clara Site
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- Peter Busser (peter@global.hacktic.nl) wrote:
- : Jim_Johnson@abcd.Houghton.MI.US (Jim Johnson) writes:
- :
- : >number crunching the AMD 386/40 is a better value than the 486DX-33. This
- : >is due to DMA speed (40MHz vs. 25MHz or 33MHz).
- :
- : How do you get such high DMA speeds?
- :
-
- What does DMA speed have to do with number crunching speeds!?
- All math is done on-chip...
-
- Refer to a recent issue of BYTE magazine. They did very
- comprehensive comparisons between AMD, Cyrix, and Intel CPUs.
- Yes, the Am386-40 will outperform the Intel 486-33 in SOME
- situations where raw clock speed is the main issue, but the
- internal cache of the 486, and the superior x86 core will
- usually make up the difference.
-
- Whatever else you have to say about the AMD products, look what
- their entry has done to the price of microprocessors. No
- complaints here!
-
-