Re: Intel 486/33 vs Cyrix 486DLC/33 + 387/33

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From: Ian D. Gay
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:52

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gchalk@nyx.cs.du.edu (Geoff Chalk) writes:

>I'm in the process of deciding on a new motherboard and can't decide on
>what CPU to get....

>what does the Intel 486/33 do that the Cyrix 486DLC/33 with a 387/33  ??

It does floating point about 3 times as fast. I486 probably also has
a small gain in fixed point, due to the larger internal cache.

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