From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jul 29 07:53:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA01350 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:53:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA01331 for ; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:52:58 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id OAA03616; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 14:52:51 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma003614; Mon Jul 29 14:52:35 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id HAA00938; Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:52:35 -0700 Date: Mon, 29 Jul 1996 07:52:35 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199607291452.HAA00938@meerkat.mole.org> To: mrm@mole.mole.org, ptroot@uswest.com Subject: Re: 5x86 Cc: kline@tera.com, questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > This looks great. I've got a related question. In PC Warehouse, there > is an IT 5x86 plug in, that goes into the 486 or overdrive socket. Will > this give me a reasonable performance boost? I just have a 486DX2/50 on > an ISA bus. At around $170, it might be "just the thing". > > The ad doesn't explain it, but it is a 5x86 (apparently) on a little > daughter card that goes into the socket. > > My guess is that you'll get a bit better processor performance, but > not really enough to justify, since I have "old" technology, with > ISA video and SCSI. > > Opinions? > Opinion, worth the paper it's printed on, is that one is better off to get a new motherboard. Here in San Diego, an AMD 586 motherboard goes for $115US with CPU and 2 8MB SIMMS for $47US each(today). I think it's better to dump the old MB (and memory if it's not suitable) and get the new. Keep the old ISA cards as required, and replace with VLB or PCI (better) as affordable. -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good