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From: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua>
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Subject: Re: Cyrix and AMD chips
To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com)
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:55:44 +0300 (EET DST)
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In-Reply-To: <199606210631.XAA01022@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Jun 20, 96 11:31:17 pm
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Hi once again,

# I believe we've already covered that ground.  At least implicitely.
# 
# Just in case it was lost on anyone: all the current 486s (that I know
# of), including 5x86s, that are faster than 66MHz, are 3-volt CPUs.
# AMD made some 5-volt 486DX2 80MHz chips (including mine) for a short
# while, but switched those to 3-volts also.  If you have an older
# motherboard, you need a 5-volt to 3-volt regulator module that sits
# between your CPU and the CPU socket.  These generally cost $40-$50
# from what I've seen.

	Just a minor addition for interested people:
	a brand new Taiwanese SiS 496/7
	PCI 486 mainboard with full AMD 5x133 support costs (street)
	around $80 even here.  So it might be better to dump
	an old MB and simply get a new one, instead of looking
	for VR device. 

-- 

	With best regards -- Andrew Stesin.

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