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Date:      Mon, 18 Dec 1995 04:29:14 -0800 (PST)
From:      Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        "Alan D. Trombla" <alan@trickler.uu.silcom.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Upgrade - CPU, clock?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.951218042758.1433A-100000@ncc-1701-d>
In-Reply-To: <199512180619.WAA28895@trickler.uu.silcom.com>

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On Sun, 17 Dec 1995, Alan D. Trombla wrote:

> OK,
> Much thanks to everyone that offered help with this.  The consensus
> seems to be that a processor upgrade to an Intel 486DX4/100 is the
> best that I can do with this motherboard.   I have just one more
> question: What do people think about the Pentium 83MHz processor?
> This seems to run about $100 more than the DX4; is it worth it?
> (FYI: I am concerned mostly with FP performance; my IO/VM system
> is plenty fast for my purposes.)

Forget Intel; get the AMD DX4/100.  It's just as good as the Intel, but 
significantly cheaper.  I run FreeBSD and Win95 on AMD DX4/100 systems, 
and this chip performs like a champ!

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