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Article #870Re: == Which processor to buy - 386 or 486? ===
From: Robert Silvers
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:43
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 13:43
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In article <1992Oct16.064904.5202@tamsun.tamu.edu> goodlett@ee.tamu.edu (Michael Goodlett) writes: >I can get a motherboard for a 386/40MHZ with >a math coprocessor for less then the >cost of a 486/33MHZ. The 486 33 is probably faster. It runs at a lower speed so it will place fewer demands on the motherboard, etc. I think it can be clock-doubled later to 66Mhz with a DX2 chip. >I thought that the 486 had a built-in >coprocessing capability. Is this so? >And if so, then why is it that the person >selling the mother boards indicates that >a math coprocessor is available for the >486 and charges extra? It has a built in one, but external ones are faster. Not important to me. If you are doing 3D graphics, good floating point probably matters. You should look at benchmarks to find the fastest floating point. --Rob.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!gatech!news.ans.net!nynexst.com!rsilvers From: rsilvers@nynexst.com (Robert Silvers) Subject: Re: == Which processor to buy - 386 or 486? === Message-ID: <1992Oct16.134302.653@nynexst.com> Sender: news@nynexst.com (For News purposes) Organization: Nynex Science and Technology References: <1992Oct16.064904.5202@tamsun.tamu.edu> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 92 13:43:02 GMT Lines: 23