First post, by Pingaloka
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Many times a 486DX2 66Mhz has been said to be a very good system, compatibilty wise, to play games from 1989-1995...
Others prefer a High end 486, with maybe an Am5x86 a Cyrix, a DX4 100....
Nevertheless, for some old games, L1 cache or turbo will have to be used with any of these CPUs. It doesn't matter if it is a DX2 66 or a Am5x86. Eg: Wing Commander.
So which of these would be better in terms of compatibility for older DOS games?
Well according to my Speedsys results a high end 486 with an Am5x86 has a bigger slowdown when L1 is disabled. So therefore it should cover a wider range of games with "optimum" compatibility. Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Computer Specs:
GA-486AM/AMS (REV. 2).
32 FPM
S3 Trio64V+ 2MB
Am5x86 133mhz
Internal Cache enabled + Turbo button enabled: 49.68
Internal Cache Enabled + Turbo disabled: (no effect on AMD)
Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button enabled: 8.42
Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button disabled: 1.21
486DX2 66mhz
Internal Cache enabled + Turbo button enabled: 25.04
Internal Cache enabled + Turbo button disabled: 11.94
Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button enabled: 13.65
Internal Cache disabled + Turbo button disabled: 2.14
Any Conclusions?