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- From: gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon)
- Subject: Re: 386DX/40 VS. 486SX/25
- Organization: Open Age, Inc.
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1993 13:20:50 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan05.132050.3801@openage.openage.com>
- References: <4566.73.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us> <1993Jan4.141635.27338@dvorak.amd.com>
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- tdbear@dvorak.amd.com (Thomas D. Barrett) writes:
-
- >In article <4566.73.uupcb@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us> victor.volkman@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Victor Volkman) writes:
- >>Can anyone give me a coherent answer as to which would be faster and
- >>why? I have NO interest in any math coprocessors.
-
- >Since you are not interested in the COP (for others... the 387/40 runs
- >under $100 and the OverDrive(tm) runs much over $100, but the
- >OverDrive is obviously much faster. You might be able to find a 487sx
- >which would be cheaper than the OverDrive(tm))... the only advantage
- >that I see is the local bus speed. If done correctly (0ws) you would
- >have a much faster video and memory interface. Even if done
- >incorrectly (1ws), you would have a system which was 5ns faster for
- >each access.
-
- I've actually found the 486 SX faster than the 386 DX of twice the Mhz. They
- are also cheaper. Th higher the Mhz the better the components have to be, and
- therefore more expensive. You also have an integral 8 KB cache in the 486 SX
- that adds to performance.
-
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