Reply 20 of 81, by Scali
wrote:I've seen on some posts that your Pentium Overdrive CPU's can be a bit troublesome (in terms of compatibility, hardware and software wise).
Yes, you'll probably want a recent/PCI-based 486 board. Older boards may not support it.
But I've never run into software problems with mine.
wrote:Also, you will never get full Pentium performance due to bottlenecks in the 486 architecture (there are also some topics on this).
No, but it's close enough. You get the full Pentium superscalar architecture, big/fast cache and advanced FPU. It's just connected to a 32-bit bus.
In practice it's usually around P66-P75 performance.
In the case of Quake, the real Pentium FPU makes all the difference compared to a real 486.