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If Jack wants to upgrade to MMX, or any other Pentium CPU outside of a
P5-66, he will need a new motherboard.  The P5-60 and 66 are not board
compatible with P5-75s and up, whether you're talking Intel, Cyrix or AMD.

MMK
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Doug Phelps <doug@pagesz.net> wrote in article <32EFAB7B.E5@pagesz.net>...
> Jack wrote:
> > 
> > folks,
> > need some help, please!
> > I have a P60, 16MB Ram, some 1MB graphics-card,quad CD-Rom
> > I want to upgrade, so should I
> > 
> > buy P166MMX or P200MMX or wait 4 better Chip ?
> > more Ram ?
> > better graphics-card ?
> > better CD-Rom ?
> 
> Jack,  I would look at your motherboard before you go and get an MMX
> CPU!  make sure it is upgradable to the speed you are looking at. And
> make sure it will support the dual voltage requirments of MMX.
> 
> If it were me, I would leave the CD Rom drive alone, it should serve you
> well and you will see little if any performance gain from upgrading.  
> 
> Graphics Card!!!!! YES, this can really improve your perfomance. 
> Several good options out there. If you are doing lots of 3D games then
> you may want to look at one of the 3Dfx cards or the Verite card if you
> want to save some cash.
> 
> The P60 does need to go soon.  Again I would look at the motherboard
> first.  You can get a good board from $130 to $180 US dollars in US. 
> Don't know your pricing but this should give you an idea of what you are
> looking at.  I would also consider the Cyrix CPU's. Very good value and
> great performance.  Although if you play Quake alot you may want to
> stick with Intel.
> 
> > 
> > or buy some P150-Chip because it's not worth all the money ?
> 
> The 150 is another good value.  If you consider the new Motherboard
> option, look at the boards that support the 75Mhz bus speed.  Such as
> the M Tech R534, Gigabyte, and Asus as well as several others. And use
> the p150 with the 75MHz setting and you will get very good performance
> jump over the P60. Don't know about where you are but the 150's have
> really come down in price.  Using the 150 with the 75MHz bus will give
> you performance of a 166 from what I have read.
> 
> 
> > 
> > Maybe I just buy a console, that's cheaper (I play games,mostly)
> 
> I really hope you don't do this. But it is your money.
> 
> > 
> > or do you have any other ideas ?
> > 
> > Please help, I don't know what to do!
> 
> 
> Well, you need to do some real upgrading.  I would first look at a good
> graphics card. You will get some improvement, but it will be limited on
> the CPU you have.  You can always move the card to whatever you upgrade
> to!  The CPU and Motherboard would be next and then the Memory.  Last
> would be the CDRom.  I have found little improvement of going to an 8X
> from a 4X, installs are quicker and some of the movie sequences are
> better, but game play itself really seems to be about the same.
> 
> Good Option
> M Tech R534 Motherboard		$179.00
> Cyrix P166+ CPU			$169.00
> Good 2d/3d Card			$149.00
> 
> These are U.S. Prices!  I am sure you have an idea of what this would
> translate to in Austria.
> And if you have had MMX about a week then you are not waiting very long
> for the new stuff.
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance!
> > 
> >                                 Jack
> > 
> > P.S.:I'm from Austria; everything is more expensive ( I think so) and
comes
> > to our strores later (MMX is here since about a week)
> >
>