NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/5927

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Subject: Re: SX vs DX
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Date: 5 Jan 93 13:08:56 CST
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (John Lechmanik)  writes:
>> J.>One other thing, some dealers are offering something called a DX2.  I
> J.>forget exactly what they are at the moment, but stay away from them.
>
>         I don't know about staying away from a DX2.  It would come down to
> a personal choice.  A DX2 50 Mhz has the chip's internal clock speed
> pushed up to 50 Mhz while the rest of the motherboard operates at 25 Mhz
> (ie 1/2 the speed).  This is still a good system.  However a DX2 50Mhz may
> or may not be faster than a DX 33 Mhz.  That would depend on what
> applications are being run.

    I hope I am not begging the question, but I think one would see
more speed gains by getting a windows accelerator card such diamond spdstr 24x
or other good cards. I may misunderstand their structure but they really take
away much of the graphics work away from the chip, therefore freeing it up
for other "more mundane" tasks. To me, (for the average user) once you are
talking about a 486dx33 or higher (not counting the p5), you really see
diminishing returns speedwise on the chip. I mean I use a wordprocessing
package, a database package and a communications package for windows, which is
what I would consider your average user. I feel I would see more speed gains
by upgrading my graphics card rather than buying an overdrive chip.

Eric