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Article #20573486sx 40 VLB info;
From: Han-jung Kim
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 08:11
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1993 08:11
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I recently bought one VLB with Cyrix 486sx 49 mhz CPU wiht 256k external cashe for $239.00. I doubted the ads but after careful test of that MB, I decided to post the result here so that anyone can spend money for good buy. First the CPU was Cyrix 486sx at 40 mhz and it has a heat sing on the CPU. The mother board can be set up the clock up to 50 mhz using 3 jumpers. I tried to overclok from 40 mhz to 50 mhz cooling it with an extra fan to prevent it from buring. The fan does its jobe very excellently and the temperature of CPU won't be even warm on my finger. Norton Utility ver 5.0 shows; CPU benchmark: 84.6 running at 57Mhz (after overclokcing at 50mhz) ( Ref. 76.4 for intel 486dx 33) Checkit Bechmark CPU 21540 Dhrystibes Math 220 Whetstones. Fro Sx does not have copro, I ftped q386.exe form wuarchive.wustl.edu under mirrors/msdos/mathcopr. q387 increased the math speed fourtimes faster than without coprocessor. (It is amazing!!!. this emulator accelerates the floating calculation.) AFter q387 was loaded in extended memory, Checkit benchtest tells math speed was 790 whetsones.(about 3.5 time speed increase). Thus I could get an very fast MB for only $239.00 and I think I did wise buy. For your information, I post the original posting. P.S. I have nothing to do with this vendor and have never met this salesman before. I thought the deal was so good and it is good to share my experience with netters who are looking for a good MB for small money. If this annoyes you, I feel sorry. --------------- Info -----------
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