Reply 200 of 325, by skv400
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wrote:Thank you for posting all the results skv400. Would be interesting to see how the TI 486SXL 40 MHz CPU stacks up against the TI […]
Thank you for posting all the results skv400.
Would be interesting to see how the TI 486SXL 40 MHz CPU stacks up against the TI 486DLC 40MHz & the Cyrix 486DRx2 66MHz on these benchmark tests.
I must be honest, I didn't even know there was an ULSI Math-co DX2, but then again, I also didn't investigate this much further.The first PC I bought for myself was a Cyrix 486DLC 40MHz with the Cyrix FastMath 40MHz FPU (I still have it).
For its time, it was a very cheap alternative and was able to stand up to (almost) the speed of an Intel 486DX 33MHz.But I agree, the speed increase of the Cyrix 486DRx2 66MHz over the Cyrix/TI 486DLC 40MHz simply doesn't justify the price premium.
If Cyrix had brought out the Cyrix 486DRx2 66MHz much earlier, it might have been worthwhile buying one and perhaps paying that price premium, but by the time that CPU hit the market, your (true) 486 CPU's were already affordable to most users.
I can still remember that, when I bought my Cyrix 486DLC 40 MHz back in late 1993, an equivalent Intel 486DX 33MHz rig cost only slightly more. But, back then, every cent counted and I was very intrigued by the Cyrix DLC CPU's and therefore decided to go for that one.
thanks to your reply.
i interest cyrix/amd's upgrade cpus. 486slc.. 486dlc.. 486drx.. 5x86.. am5x86(486).. Cyrix MII, K6-2,3,etc..
your 1993's memory is give to me vitality. i will put in 386dx and shot movie on tomorrow.
and find my pci cl-gd5434 cards and separate ram chip and put in VLB/ISA 5434s.
i hear cirrus logic 5434 has 32-bit memory bandwidth with 1MB Video ram, and 64-bit memory bandwidth with 2MB Video ram.
if chip ram put in and increase memory bus to 64-bit, maybe doom and 3dbench performance.
i will shoot this benchmark tomorrow.
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