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simc@mundil.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Simon Chin) wrote:

>I'm getting an new motherboard with Triton II chipset
>and a socket 7 but unfortunately I can't afford an 
>Intel CPU at the moment. Will a Cyrix or AMD 5x86 fit ?
>I'm looking at either a Cyrix 5x86-100 or an AMD 5x85-133.
>Any recommendations?

Simon	The Cyrix and AMD 5x86 CPUs fit into *486* motherboards, while
a TritonII  motherboard is for Pentium class chips. The Cyrix 6x86
chips fit into a Pentium board and are a very good alternative to the
Intel CPUs. The Cyrix 6x86-120 is equivalent to a Pentium-150. If your
budget doesn't stretch that far, get a good 486 MB and the Cyrix
5x86-120 (~ Pentium-90) or 5x86-100 (~Pentium-75), since the AMD CPU
is really a high speed 486 and is only equivalent to a Pentium-75
without the 5th generation technology like brach prediction (hence
same performance as the Cyrix at much higher clock speed. 
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