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Article #696Re: Cyrirx6x86-166P+: The Fastest PC for DOS/Windows World
From: Terje Oseberg
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:59
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 17:59
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Felix1 wrote: > > NO NO NO > > you need a SPECIAL Motherboard > You only need to make sure that the motherboard has been tested with a Cyrix chip. The motherboard is not special, just tested. But, you do need to make sure that the BIOS supports the special features of the Cyrix chip so that you can get the best performance. See this web site for a list of tested motherboards and the BIOS that support the special features. http://www.cyrix.com/process/prodinfo/6x86/6x-mblst.htm *> On Tue, 09 Apr 1996 03:46:28 GMT, chuckh@dvol.com (Chuck Hamilton) *> wrote: *> *> >John Honeycutt <hdsales@hdnw.com> wrote: *> > *> >>Mirka wrote: *> >>> *> >>> Following this thread, i didn't find any comparison between Cyrirx6x86-166P+ and pentium pro. *> >>> Anybody has more info? *> >>> *> >>> Best regards, *> >>> Mirka *> >> *> >> *> >>From what I have seen of Cyrix's technical specs, it appears that the 6x86 is competing more *> >>directly with the Pentium Pro than with the Pentium. Cyrix explains that the Intel Pentium *> >>processor was great for 16-bit s/w and poor on 32-bit s/w, and that the Pentium Pro is great on *> >>32-bit s/w and poor on 16-bit s/w. This has been my general experience. Apparently, the 6x86 is *> >>good at both. From what we have seen, this is the case... *> >> *> >>Hope this helps! *> >> *> >>John *> > *> >Is it pin compatible with the Pentium? Can you just pop-out a pentium *> >chip and pop-in a 6x86? *> >-- *> >Chuck Hamilton *> >chuckh@ix.netcom.com *> > *> >Never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself -- oseberg@folpen.sri.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unix.sri.com!usenet From: Terje Oseberg <oseberg@folpen.sri.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.object,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.security.misc,comp.security.unix,comp.software-eng,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.hp.hpux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,comp.sys.intel,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Cyrirx6x86-166P+: The Fastest PC for DOS/Windows World Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 10:59:03 -0700 Organization: SRI International Message-ID: <316D4867.446B@folpen.sri.com> References: <4hrm9q$mck@ratty.wolfe.net> <QPKMAOS.96Mar15161529@ry128.ryepk.ericsson.se> <314B63F2.36A@athenet.net> <4ijbjo$jpi@yama.mcc.ac.uk> <4ikbea$9rt@news1.halcyon.com> <4in4e5$1uq@uruguay.it.earthlink.net> <3151CA7A.7EB5@swcp.com> <4iv6k6$7pu@qns3.qns.com> <4jng7u$oab@news.computek.net> <31608B18.834@ix.netcom.com> <316427B8.4225@hdnw.com> <3169db62.8691345@nntp.holonet.net> <316c7fcf.35277457@dailyplanet.netpath.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: folpen.sri.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; IRIX 5.3 IP22)