NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #1/NN_1993_1.iso/spool/comp/os/mswindo/misc/5962

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Subject: Re: SX vs DX
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From: [e-mail]
Date: 6 Jan 93 10:33:28 CST
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In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
> In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] writes:
>> 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


> puts out, but I would have to say that whether a graphics accelarator
> speeds it up more than an overdrive chip would be purely application depen-
> dent.  On the other hand, an overdrive chip would speed up all apps, DOS or
> Windows,

while a graphics card would only affect Windows and graphics
> packages.
>
> |  John Carmack

  A graphics card will speed up much more than just a "graphics
program" in windows.  I think you may have said this above but I am not sure.
Also, I said above (see >> comments) that it depended on the applications. Some
would benifit more than others on the chip (which is why I said average user),
a person who has a 486dx 33 or higher will not see a huge speed increase on
their "average" usage (ie: word processing, telecoms) in getting a faster chip.
Besides other than those who need more power, I personally cannot see why
anyone now would need anything higher. Perhaps a year or so down the road.......


Eric D.