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Article #1266384-40 vs 486sx25
From: pv9955
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:02
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 21:02
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I know that a form of this question has apreared all over the net. But this one is slightly different... I think that we will all agree that a 486dx2-50 is faster than a 486dx33, with internal processing. But it still operates at 25mHz for addressing the bus, and hard drive, whereas the 486dx33 operates at the faster 33mHz. So under the assumption that a 386-40 and a 486sx25 can process information at about the same speed (the 386 is faster, the 486 is more efficient), is is safe to assume that the 386-40 will access the bus (including hard drive) faster than a 486 running at 25mHz ? For those people using Windows or OS2, which use a lot of virtual memory, and disk swapping, this question should be more important than internal processing. I am about the buy a computer for OS2, and I would like to know which motherboard will handle the disk swapping better. Thanks, Peter V.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!sarah!albnyvms.bitnet!PV9955 From: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet Subject: 384-40 vs 486sx25 Message-ID: <1992Aug18.210209.6191@sarah.albany.edu> Sender: news@sarah.albany.edu (News Administrator) Reply-To: pv9955@albnyvms.bitnet Organization: University of NY at Albany Date: Tue, 18 Aug 92 21:02:09 GMT Lines: 16