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What are the 3 best 486 motherboards?

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First post, by byte_76

Posted on 2025-03-28, 09:56

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Based on the categories of performance, stability, and features, what are the top three 486 motherboards?

Please explain the reasoning for your answers.

Reply 1 of 4, by Socket3

Posted on 2025-03-28, 11:10

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There are plenty of good boards out there. My personal favorites are the Lucky Star LS-586E and Zida (Tomatoboard) 4DPS. These two are quite reliable and support higher end 586 chips. They are late model PCI boards. I have very little experience with early ISA only and VLB motherboards. I only have one VLB 486 build - don't remember what model the motherboard is - it's a SiS chipset, ISA/VLB ony with PS/2 and CR2032 coin cell holder, it runs pretty well for a VLB system. No stability issues so far.

Reply 2 of 4, by MikeSG

Posted on 2025-03-28, 11:21

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The best 486 + VLB motherboard is the ASUS VLI-486SVGO/486SV2GX4. The X4 has the voltage regulator for DX4 cpus.

SIS 85C471/407 chipset, 1024KB L2 cache, CR2032 coin battery, PS/2 mouse header, BIOS supports Enhanced IDE.

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Reply 3 of 4, by leileilol

Posted on 2025-03-28, 15:32

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Reply 4 of 4, by nuno14272

Posted on 2025-03-28, 15:46

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leileilol wrote on 2025-03-28, 15:32:

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1| 386DX40
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3| PIII-450, Voodoo 3 3000

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