My very first computer was a 486Dx with 33 megahertz and 32 mb ram. My next step was a Pentium 90 with 16 MB ram.
The Pentium 90 was a real step up for me (Diablo, Tomb Raider 1/2). So I'd personally vote for the Pentium 90, as it was also my first Windows 95 machine.

should do the 5x86 amd clocked to 160 that is rated equivalent to p90, I got 17~ fps in quake on 5x86 @ 160 but with all tight ram timings etc

I wanted to keep overclocking out. However, AMD actually produced a rare 5x86 - 150 P75+ version. So perhaps I could include that for completeness and simulate it by overclocking the 133 version as I don't have the chip.

The best I could achieve at 150 Mhz was ~16.4 in Quake. It is even slightly faster than 160 MHz (due to faster bus) which is still not enough to compete with Pentiums.

Makes me like my Socket 3 with POD83 even more. 😁

Which video card has been used? By the way these confirms my results with the i430VX, Millennium PCI and Pentium 75, I got 21fps in Quake.

Diamond Stealth 64 Video 2001 ( S3 Trio64V+)

mpe wrote on 2020-06-08, 09:31:

I wanted to keep overclocking out. However, AMD actually produced a rare 5x86 - 150 P75+ version. So perhaps I could include that for completeness and simulate it by overclocking the 133 version as I don't have the chip.

The best I could achieve at 150 Mhz was ~16.4 in Quake. It is even slightly faster than 160 MHz (due to faster bus) which is still not enough to compete with Pentiums.

yeah I understand this keep it stock for stock. The 5x86 160 is always half half because it gets detected by many bios as a X5 160 amd which was supposed to be a thing but never made it. However being detected as a X5 160 P90 by the bios might be relevant for some