Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 22 Jun 1996 08:37:47 -0400 | From | "Steven N. Hirsch" <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix anyone? |
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Joel Squire wrote: > > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew E Mileski <aem@nic.ott.hookup.net> writes: > > >> > Since the Cyrix is sooped-up 386 that get Pentium performance, > >> and not a > Pentium clone, this will probably not help. In fact it > >> may not even work. > But what the heck, try it and see, if you > >> have the time to play that is. > >> > >> The M1 is a souped up 386? Somehow when I read the chip review, it > >> did not seem that simple but I guess I was wrong. > > Andrew> Umm, what makes you think Cyrix wants to advertise this fact? > > Umm, well as far as I know, the 6x86 could best be described as a > souped up 486. It does support the extra 486 instructions.
This thread really belongs in a hardware-related topic, but in an attempt to clarify matters I suggest taking a look at the recent PC Mag article on 3rd-Party CPU's. The 6x86 is "Pentium-enough" to be a drop-in replacement on Intel motherboards. 'Nuff said?
- Steve
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