First post, by Putas
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- Oldbie
Having little experience before Socket 7, I need advice on the fastest build for the card. I will split my motherboard choices by sockets.
Socket 3 - the classic 486, the card was made for those. Has options for PODs and enhanced 486s. I guess something like AMD's "586" is the safest bet. But do we know whether POD does better?
Socket 4 - last native VLB. Any other motherboard than MB-5DVP? But the motherboard suffers from slow buses. To take advantage of those there seems to be only one CPU option: PODP5V133.
Socket 5 - proper Pentium class of CPUs, but hard-to-find VLB boards. The bus may not function conventionally - don't have the details in my head. What would be the best CPU choice here?
Secondary considerations:
Primary graphics adapter- do they make a difference?
Important reminder: bus overclocking is almost out of the question, because the card would overclock along with it. And my budget has limits.