sunaiac wrote:Unless you actually want to use a 486 to play MP3 (where a DX4-100 would be enough for 128kbps anyway), early glide games and quake (the three being more academic than useful, since any pentium starting at 90-100MHz will be much cheaper and easier, but I can understand the fun behind it 😉), the DX5 will be as fast as a Cyrix 100, and at 160MHz as fast as a cyrix 133.
That would make it the "easy" way, since its much more common and cheap.
Plus, it's actually a 48-, which is important if your goal is to run a 486, not a socket 3.
Unless winamp is lying to me I am playing 256kbps and 320kbps without issues on my 5x86. Possibly downsampling is selected?
Dosamp is pickier with what it can and cant play.
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:How would I OC my 5x86 to 160MHz though? I know it can be done, I just don't know how it's done. 😜 As well, I remember reading somewhere that there's an ADZ model and an ADW model, and that the ADZ was better for overclocking. As far as I know though, I think the one I own is an ADW.
MP3 playback would be cool, but I would see no point in doing it on a 486 since it wouldn't be able to support a hard drive large enough for my collection. 🤣 Instead, I think I'll just stick to good old audio CDs. I own plenty of those, and the sound quality is much better than MP3 while requiring only a fraction of the processing power. 😁
I'm using a 16.95GB SCSI Drive and Windows 98 in my Socket 3 machine. I've also used a 73GB Drive.
I'm not advocating using a 486 or socket 3 machine as an mp3 player. But its good to have that versatility...
I also think you need to clock your AMD 133 @ 200mhz to get close to a Cyrix 5x86 133 in DOS with branch prediction turned on.
I believe some people claim the ADZ variants are best for overclocking while others say the ADW version handles it better.
You just need to change one jumper for the FSB (Front Side Bus) and that will give you an overclock.
I have had a VLB/ISA board with the bus running at 50mhz x 3 CLCK_MUL = 150mhz and the system was amazingly stable!