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In article <BsL317.G7G@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib) writes:
>In article <1992Aug3.192630.23363@sbcs.sunysb.edu> kskapin@csws8.ic.sunysb.edu (Keith T Skapinski) writes:
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>>This is all fine and dandy in theory. Yes a 486 performes operations in 1
>>clock cycle and a 386 performs operations in 2 clock cycles. It would
>>seem that a 486/25 would be like a 386/50 (if there was such a thing) but 
>>this is not the case. there is much more going on than just how fast the
>>processes does the operation like memory speed, etc. It actual
>>use, as documented in many magazines, the 386/40 is faster than the 486SX.
>>Test were done with Norton SI, powermeter, etc. which really mean nothing.
>>Also, calculations were performed using Lotus 1-2-3, documents formatted
>>using word processors, etc. The 386/40 was faster than the 486SX in all
>>cases.
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>I'd read something ages and ages ago (when the 486SX first 
>came out in fact) that the speed difference between the 836 
>and 486 would actually take place if you were using 32 bit 
>software, eg. OS/2 and various Unices. Running DOS and Win-
>dows apps the 386 of the same clock speed would be a little 
>slower but not by much. 
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>So a 386/40 could well be faster than a 486DX/25 or 486SX/25. 
>Depends on the code you run. 
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>Experience shows this to be the case. My 386/40 runs rings 
>around the older 486 machines around here. 
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>Now it is true one can stick an Overdrive chip in a 486SX 
>machine, but what do they cost? Also if you have a DX ma-
>chine you can't just go out and buy a DX2/50 either. Intel
>won't sell them to individuals. 
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This is the very first time I have every  heard anyone claim of such silly
nonsense.  A 386DX40 beating a 486DX25 what can you provide to support this?
Math functions with a 387DX? SPECS?  Any code run ona 486DX such as the 25 would
be alot faster than any existing 386DX machine.