Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 08:16:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freefall.FreeBSD.org, freebsd-chat@freefall.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cyrix and AMD chips Message-ID: <199606191216.IAA24229@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199606190434.VAA18294@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Jun 18, 96 09:34:37 pm
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> > > >Can anyone comment on the stability of these chips? > >It will be running FreeBSD-stable 2.1.0 > > AMD chips are awesome. They will work correctly with every > motherboard that runs correctly with Intel chips. > > The new Cyrix 6x86 (Pentium replacement) is supposed to be a great > chip from all I've read. It's definitely faster than a Pentium at the > same clock speed (don't be fooled by the P-rating, though). I'm > pretty temted to get one since it's a good alternative to Intel. > > AMD's K5 (their "6x86-ish" chip) is behind and is just coming out in > 100MHz versions. I'm sure it'll be a great chip too when they can > finally produce fast versions of them in large quantities. > > The Cyrix 5x86 sounds nice too. It actually has some design > enhancements beyond a normal 486. (The "5x86" chips are designed for > a 486 socket and motherboard.) The AMD 5x86 is just a 486DX4 with a > 16K write-back cache and quad-clock instead of tripled clock. Still, > it's a hellishly fast 486. The AMD 5x86 133MHz is supposed to be > ~75MHz Pentium in performance. OK -- sounds great to me... I've got two 486/33's on older ISA Micronics motherboards that need a shot in the arm (or a kick in the butt) speedwise. These are 5 volt motherboards designed around the 486/33 clock speed. Is there any guarantee that any of these chips will work correctly. I've been told that the only thing that should work for sure is the Intel 486DX2/66. I'd love to go to the AMD 586 -- anyone have any experience with these in older motherboards with the Voltage Regulator sockets? Bill
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