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- From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet
- Subject: 384-40 vs 486sx25
- Message-ID: <1992Aug18.210209.6191@sarah.albany.edu>
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- Organization: University of NY at Albany
- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 21:02:09 GMT
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- I know that a form of this question has apreared all over the net. But this
- one is slightly different...
- I think that we will all agree that a 486dx2-50 is faster than a 486dx33,
- with internal processing. But it still operates at 25mHz for addressing the
- bus, and hard drive, whereas the 486dx33 operates at the faster 33mHz.
- So under the assumption that a 386-40 and a 486sx25 can process information
- at about the same speed (the 386 is faster, the 486 is more efficient),
- is is safe to assume that the 386-40 will access the bus (including hard
- drive) faster than a 486 running at 25mHz ?
- For those people using Windows or OS2, which use a lot of virtual memory, and
- disk swapping, this question should be more important than internal
- processing. I am about the buy a computer for OS2, and I would like to know
- which motherboard will handle the disk swapping better.
-
- Thanks,
- Peter V.
-