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First post, by Sphere478

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So I keep getting conflicting opinions on what the fastest socket 3 cpu is.

The and 133 is supposed to be the mhz overclocking king. But the cyrix 120/133? Is supposed to be the best performer clock per clock?

But then I hear that the pentium 83 overdrive despite being slower clocked still has superior performance than maybe even a overclocked amd 133?

So is there a consensus here?

I’m trying to decide if I should use my POD, or interposer my amd 133 and try to overclock it.

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Reply 1 of 6, by debs3759

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Why not test them all, and see which is best for how you plan to use it? I'm pretty sure they all have their own benefits, depending on how they are used.

I'll be testing my Cyrix 5x86-120 soon, to see if it can operate at x4, and if it can, I'll see if it can do 4x40. With register enhancements, I would expect it to be best overall, but I have yet to test that.

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Reply 2 of 6, by Sphere478

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Doesn’t the POD have a huge advantage from architecture and cache size also?

Sphere's PCB projects.
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Sphere’s socket 5/7 cpu collection.
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SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod
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Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)

Reply 3 of 6, by rmay635703

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Sphere478 wrote on 2022-07-22, 19:24:

Doesn’t the POD have a huge advantage from architecture and cache size also?

At 100MHZ it has an advantage, especially floating point.

At 200mhz the AMD is better than everything

Reply 4 of 6, by Sphere478

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rmay635703 wrote on 2022-07-22, 19:30:
Sphere478 wrote on 2022-07-22, 19:24:

Doesn’t the POD have a huge advantage from architecture and cache size also?

At 100MHZ it has an advantage, especially floating point.

At 200mhz the AMD is better than everything

200 mhz is pretty hard to achieve though yeah?

Sphere's PCB projects.
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Sphere’s socket 5/7 cpu collection.
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SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod
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Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)

Reply 5 of 6, by kixs

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POD @ 100 is pretty achievable. AMD X5 @ 200 is very very slim chance a - at least my best is 3x60@180MHz... will POST at 3x66 but hangs after that.

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I would use POD@100 but this isn't a 486 so why not use Socket 7 then... get the usual AMD X5 @ 4x40=160. This is very fast for 486 era.

Requests are also possible... /msg kixs

Reply 6 of 6, by Sphere478

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kixs wrote on 2022-07-22, 19:53:
POD @ 100 is pretty achievable. AMD X5 @ 200 is very very slim chance a - at least my best is 3x60@180MHz... will POST at 3x66 b […]
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POD @ 100 is pretty achievable. AMD X5 @ 200 is very very slim chance a - at least my best is 3x60@180MHz... will POST at 3x66 but hangs after that.

See more here:
486 max

I would use POD@100 but this isn't a 486 so why not use Socket 7 then... get the usual AMD X5 @ 4x40=160. This is very fast for 486 era.

Proprietary case/mobo.

Sphere's PCB projects.
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Sphere’s socket 5/7 cpu collection.
-
SUCCESSFUL K6-2+ to K6-3+ Full Cache Enable Mod
-
Tyan S1564S to S1564D single to dual processor conversion (also s1563 and s1562)

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