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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 00:03:58 -0700 (MST)
From:      Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
To:        "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
Cc:        Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970330235638.11873A-100000@586quick166.saturn-tech.com>
In-Reply-To: <199703310616.WAA01246@MindBender.serv.net>

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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:

> Not in this case (if it's actually a Cyrix-approved motherboard).
> They specifically designed a 75MHz bus into the chip, for the case
> where you buy a motherboard with a non-Intel (such as SiS, which the
> poster had) chipset that supports 75MHz.

Interesting....  That could be a fairly large performance bonus.  I was
wondering about that, since the Pentium 200 chip does begin to get limited
by the 66 Mhz memory bus in some applications.  I wondered how well the
Cyrix would perform because of this, since it would normally run at 50 Mhz

Later......						<Doug>





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