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- From: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman)
- Subject: Re: SX vs DX
- Message-ID: <1993Jan4.074819.10882@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
- Originator: yxl5388@ultb
- Keywords: avoid DX2, otherwise what will you use it for
- Sender: yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Y.X. Liu)
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
- References: <1993Jan3.171534.24834@news.uiowa.edu> <1993Jan3.232410.14842@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 07:48:19 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan3.232410.14842@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
- >In article <1993Jan3.171534.24834@news.uiowa.edu>, dhmadsen@icaen.uiowa.edu (Donald H Madsen) writes:
- >> Is the extra cost of a 486 DX cpu justified over a 486 SX? Your cpmments
- >> will be appreciated.
- >>
- >> dhmadsen@icaen.uiowa.edu
- >>
- >
- >Guess that depends on how much of a difference they are asking :)
- >
- >Seriously, there is so little difference in the price that I bought a
- >486 DX myself. With prices going back up (or, is it just an appearance
- >so they can sell more?), I'd think it over. Will you ever need a math
- >co-processor? If so, I'd advise the 486. If it was me, and I wasn't sure,
- >I'd buy the 486 anyways. If I knew I'd never do database or spreadsheet
- >calculations that required huge amounts of data, I'd go for the SX.
- >
- >One other thing, some dealers are offering something called a DX2. I
- >forget exactly what they are at the moment, but stay away from them.
-
- A DX2 is a double speed DX. So the rest of the motherboard might be
- still running at, say, 25Mhz, but the CPU is double of that so it's a
- 50Mhz chip. Makes the system about 70% faster.
-
- And what's wrong with a DX2 system? I know a bunch of people who have
- DX2-66's and they've never had any problems. I'm considering a DX2-50
- motherboard myself since they're cheaper than a full DX-50 and is faster
- than a DX-33.
-
- =Fractalman
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