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Dorai Sitaram (dorai@ses.com) wrote:

: What is the comparable AMD (or any non-Intel) chip to
: the Intel DX4-100?  What are the pros and cons (price,
: performance, compatibility, etc.)?

I am not sure there are any. The closest you would get is an AMD 80mhz
machine. This may be almost as fast as the Intel dx4 anyway, since it seems
to be working internally at 40mhz (as opposed to the 33mhz of the dx4).

: I am looking for a top-of-the-line 486 as a step down
: from a Pentium 90, and while I admit I am distressed by
: Intel, I don't want to make an "on the rebound" mistake
: either.  As far as I can tell, Intel's 486s are fairly
: good.  But I realize I haven't been open to other
: brands, and would like to rectify that.

I read a review last month in which Cyrix's dx2/66 processors were the
fastest of the bunch - followed by AMD dx2/66, and then lastly by Intel. The
Intel chip came last in all the tests, and the Cyrix chip came first in all
the tests (if my memory serves me right). The Cyrix chip was generally about
13% faster than the Intel equivalent, and in some cases, more than that.

There were no compatibility problems with any of the clone chips.
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