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In article <1993Jan19.211233.18697@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>,
ehamrick@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Eric N Hamrick) writes:
>     Could someone tell me the difference between the two sytems
>  listed in my subject line.   How much worse is the DX2, (or is
>  it worse)? Thanks,
>               Eric
>
>     ehamrick@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
The difference between a 486DX50 and DX2-50 depend on how much you plan to use
your computer and for what. A DX-2 system runs on the chip at 50MHz but for
external access like to the bus or memory it slows down to 25ishMHz.
Performance is about 40 to 60% of that of a true DX50 depending on the
application running. If it is just working off what is in the INTERNAL cache
ram it flies along very close to the speed of a DX50. If the application
require frequent writes to the bus or external cache, system cards, etc its
performance degrades almost to the point of a 25mhz system. But suposedly it
averages out to the 40-60% of a DX50's speed. games and the like won't slow a
DX-2 but stuff like Autocad, DBASE, heavy software drag it a little. The cost
between DX50 and DX-2 50 systems is narrowing rapidly and it just costs a
little more to put together a powerhouse.

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