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- From: tamu@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Henderson)
- Subject: Re: 486SX-33, any good??
- References: <13999@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> <dregeczi.713578576@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:53:34 GMT
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- dregeczi@fraser.sfu.ca (David Joseph Regeczi) writes:
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- >gtj@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au (Glenn T Jayaputera) writes:
-
- >>I am planning to buy 486SX-33 (yes SX!). One of the major drawback is, it
- >>has got no external cache. However, suprisingly the landmark speed is the
- >>same as DX-33. My concern is how important the external cache to the
- >>speed of the system?
-
- >>Has anybody got a bad experience with such a motherboard??
-
- >>The other option I have is Sx-25. This one has 64K static internal cache.
- >>Its landmark speed is slower thatn SX-33, but since it has 64K external cache
- >>would the overall performance would be equal or better than SX-33 without
- >>external cache?
-
- >>My last concern is, the SX-33 uses 'MR. BIOS' Bios :-( I never heard of
- >>such a brand, and very concern about that. Has anybody got experience with
- >>this 'MR.BIOS' Bios??
-
- >>Thank you in advance
- >>Glenn Jayaputera
-
- >Never, NEVER buy an SX machine. Basically this chip _is_ the 486DX chip but
- >it has the math processor "cut out" and has other limitations. The other
- >limitation placed on an SX machine is that you have a 32 bit processor locked
- >into a 16 bit bus. You're loosing processor power for no reason at all. Go
-
- Good try but, no cigar! The only SX 16 bit bus is the 386SX. Intel really
- screwed up with the 486SX because it is amazing how many people I've seen post
- about the 486SX having a 16 bit bus because of the SX tag.
-
- Later,
- Todd
-
-
- >with the DX and save yourself some speed. The price savings is not worth an
- >SX.
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