First post, by AngryByDefault
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Hi there,
I might have found someone selling a Socket 3 board (*), and he happens to also have a couple of 486/586 Cyrix processors.
Cx486 DX2 66 (green heatsink)
Cx486 DX2 80 (no heatsink)
5x86-100GP (green heatsink)
IBM 5x86C 3v3 100HF (blue heatsink)
While gaming might be one of my excuses for this the real fun for me will be building something and tweaking it to improve performance above a "default basic configuration"(without risking to damage it), that' s why I also intend to get a few cards to swap around, whether I get this or the Socket 7 already on course.
So my question is if I would be better off getting a couple of Cyrix or Intel's.
Will one offer a wider range of tweaks and compatibilities to play with and have mor fun?
Around here Intel was much more common, so the Cyrix has an obscurity factor that appeals me...
I'm ok getting something not 100% trouble-free (I'd be using DOSbox in that case 😜 ) although not ending up totally frustrating would be preferred...
Thanks in advance, as usual.
AbD
PS: Threads I've read mostly compare them at FPS level but that is not necesarily my main concern here.
(*) PS2: Not sure what board it is, but seems to have an UMC chipset?