Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 17:14:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com> To: Mats Lofkvist <mal@algonet.se> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD dx4-100 - Any good? Message-ID: <Pine.AUX.3.91.950905171215.5030A-100000@covina.lightside.com> In-Reply-To: <9509051646.AA15597@sophocles.>
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On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Mats Lofkvist wrote: > I just bought an AMD DX4-100 two days ago to replace my old Cyrix DX2/66. > Because the Cyrix only had a 1K cache, it was NOT as fast as the Intel, > but the AMD has an 8k cache and so performs just as well, and costs a lot > cheaper than an Intel 486DX4/100 ($109 vs. $190 at PC Club in Industry, > CA). It is also 100% compatible with anything you can throw at it, > including FreeBSD. Even the Intel diagnostic program that came with an > old 486 Overdrive chip passed the AMD with flying colors! > > Isn't the cache in the Intel DX4 16K ? > If so, "just as well" might not be entirely true. > Okay, I forgot to mention that point. :) But for all practical purposes, the difference between 8k and 16k cache is a lot smaller than the difference between the 1k cache on the Cyrix and an 8k cache, especially if you also have a 256k external cache, as most decent 486 motherboards do. ---Jake jehamby@lightside.com
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