Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:27:34 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: John Milford <jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? Message-ID: <19971204162734.52074@vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <199712042102.NAA00412@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>; from John Milford on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 01:02:39PM -0800 References: <tlambert@primenet.com> <199712042102.NAA00412@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 01:02:39PM -0800, John Milford wrote: > > Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> wrote: > > > > > We had that same problem on Sean Eric Fagan's machine. > > > > Until we set the motherboard voltage jumper correctly. > > > > After which the problem went away. > > I think I will have to agree with Terry on this one I have > 3 of them (P166+'s) and all of them have performed quite well. The > only problem is the M1 has a 486 instruction set, so no rdtsc :( Well, I was definately running mine according to spec - I even spent time on the Cyrix tech support line to figure out why my system was hanging with the Cyrix CPU.. no go. LIke I said though, it might very well have been a motherboard problem, RAM timing, whatever. But me or Cyrix couldn't solve the problem, and I was using one of their "approved motherboards" (which worked fine with an Intel CPU, BTW). I don't know what the prices are like where you are, but in my neck of the woods, the AMD chips are about the same price as the Cyrix ones, and they run a hell of a lot faster :-) That's why I stand by my recomendation to buy AMD and not Cyrix -- if you don't want to go for a PPro 180 (the best deal out there IMHO). -Mark P.S. If the prices on the Alphas continue to drop, by the time I buy my next machine in the spring, I'll not only have the pleasure of not having to buy an Intel CPU, but also the joy of not buying an x86 CPU!! 8-) > > > --John -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU
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