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From: wcsstu5@alfred.carleton.ca (Alex Devries)
Subject: DX2's Is 66Mhz really faster?
Message-ID: <wcsstu5.752696795@cunews>
Summary: discussion of whether 486DX2's are worth the money
Keywords: DX DX2, 486
Sender: news@cunews.carleton.ca (News Administrator)
Organization: Carleton University
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1993 18:26:35 GMT
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Well, my purchase of a DX2 was really made because at that time to
increase graphic capabilities, the EISA or VESA busses were really too
expensive (about $250 more), whereas the DX'2 (double clocking) was
actually only about $100 more.  In the reviews of the DX2's I've read,
the speed of a DX2 66mHz is really about the same as a DX50Mhz.  By
simple unscientific comparison, though, I think that the 66Mhz runs at
least 50% faster.  
Anyway, probably of more interest to the world is that you may soon be
able to purchase DX3's,which will be clock trippled.  Also, there
should soon be a pentium overdrive chip out there some time.

Alex
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Alex deVries
Editor, Vena Contracta (News Beacon of the Ottawa Valley)
Technical Director, Carleton Student Engineering Society
Hardware Consultant, Faculty of Engineering
3rd year systems student too!
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