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- From: gay@selkirk.sfu.ca (Ian D. Gay)
- Subject: Re: Intel 486/33 vs Cyrix 486DLC/33 + 387/33
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 22:52:09 GMT
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- gchalk@nyx.cs.du.edu (Geoff Chalk) writes:
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- >I'm in the process of deciding on a new motherboard and can't decide on
- >what CPU to get....
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- >what does the Intel 486/33 do that the Cyrix 486DLC/33 with a 387/33 ??
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- It does floating point about 3 times as fast. I486 probably also has
- a small gain in fixed point, due to the larger internal cache.
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