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Re: Upgrade Suggestions?

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From: Barry A Barr
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 1994 11:43
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>I'm in the mood to upgrade my PC, but I'm not sure what to do.
>My systems specifics are:  Zeos 486dx-33, vesa local bus, 8mb of ram,
>Diamond Speedstar Pro video card with 1mb of ram.  I use Windows for
>work and exit to DOS for games and graphics.

>I had considered replacing the CPU with a dx2-66, but after reading
>articles in PC MAG and PC World, I don't think I'd get that much of a
>performance boost for the money.  So, would I get noticeably better
>system performance by adding a 256k ram cache?  Or from a video card
>with 2mb of ram?  (Model recommendations?) Any other good ideas?

>Any advice greatly appreciated. :)
>--Anthony

There is one company selling s dx4-100 with a voltage adapter, that may show 
some noticeable/worthwhile improvement. I also believe that Intel is supposed 
to be releasing a dx4-100 upgrade for the 5 volt systems, like ours (mines is 
the vlb dx2-66) Personally, I'm just gonna save and wait for a p-120 or p150, 
when those come out.....Zeos, of course!

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