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- From: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutchinson)
- Subject: Re: PC Bigotrynex
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.165535.20002@newshost.lanl.gov>
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- Reply-To: hutch@bellman.lanl.gov
- Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory
- References: <1993Jan22.121036.13975@bsu-ucs>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:55:35 GMT
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- In article 13975@bsu-ucs, 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu () writes:
- >
- >What is the deal with those 66mHz claims anywho? I've heard that it's not
- >altogether a true statement -- one of those claims that _should_ be followed by
- >a little asterisk for disclaimer. Anyone?
-
- Matt, at this time, all 66MHz 486 machines use what's known as "speed-doubling"
- technology. Simply put, it allows the 486 processor to run at twice its rated
- speed (33 --> 66) while the other board components operate at normal speed. The
- end result is an average overall speed increase of around 85%, give or take a
- little, depending on how processor intensive your current task is.
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- Love them, hate them, or somewhere inbetween, you gotta admit that Intel did a
- real slick one with these speed-doubler chips and were smart enough to keep the
- prices reasonable (relatively). Of course... pc's need all the speed they can
- muster just to remain usable. :) IMHO! IMHO!
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