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nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk (Nigel Barker) wrote:

>It all depends on your motherboard. To get the most out of the Cyrix you need a
>motherboard that properly supports it, inparticular that will switch on L1 & L2
>Write Back cache. The Cyrix isn't really designed as an upgrade part, I bought a
>brand-new ASUS PVI486SP3 motherboard to put mine in & have been delighted with
>the performance, at 120MHz my machine is around a P90 performance for an awful
>lot less. 
>
>If you aren't going to buy a new m/b then you may be in for a disappointment.

I agree with this. I bought myself a new motherboard and got good
speed with no hassles. (Winbench reckons it's about a 115MHz 486dx).
In contrast, my boss tried to put one in one of our machines at work
using the P24 jumoer settings, that's it's upposed to work with, and
he eventually gave up and got a new mb .
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