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- Subject: Re: SX vs DX
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.160930.14868@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
- Date: 5 Jan 93 16:09:30 -0500
- References: <1993Jan3.171534.24834@news.uiowa.edu> <1993Jan3.232410.14842@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> <1993Jan4.074819.10882@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- In article <1993Jan4.074819.10882@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, yxl5388@ultb.isc.rit.edu (Fractalman) writes:
- > In article <1993Jan3.232410.14842@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu writes:
- >>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
-
- Actually, now that you've reminded me of what they are, the only problem
- is the typical salesman technique of only stating the highlights of the
- system. In other words, "Yeah, this is a 66 Mz chip," isn't lying,
- but it's not telling you the whole truth, either. As long as you are
- aware what a DX2 is, then it's not problem. Consumer awareness goes
- a long way in keeping yourself from being ripped off.
-
- BTW- I doubt that a DX2-50 is faster than a DX-33. Close, maybe, but not
- faster. OTOH, a DX2-66 would have the speed of a 33 on the board, while
- the chip is running at 66. Therefore, it would be faster than a DX-33.
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