SI
SI
discoversearch

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor.  We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community.  If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.
Technology Stocks : CYRIX / NSM -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: FJB who wrote (29844)10/12/1998 2:24:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 33344
 
Robert, over the weekend I yanked the guts out of my son's K6-2-3D/300 with 100MHz SDRAM and installed those same parts into a chassis with a PII/266 motherboard. He reports the following:

- Booting is MUCH faster
- Shut down is MUCH faster
- Quake II is MUCH faster
- Commanche is less jerky
- G-Police is finally fun to play

Same hard disk. Same video. Same O/S. Same memory. I tweaked that VA-503+ board to the max but the PII with fewer MHz is still much faster.

I can understand the games running better but the boot speed takes the cake. Go figure.

Craig



To: FJB who wrote (29844)10/12/1998 2:42:00 PM
From: Joe NYC  Respond to of 33344
 
Bob,

Thanks for the links. So Cyrix returns to Compaq Desktop lineup even before MXi is released. That's a great news. Just in time for Christmas shopping.

This could mean several hundred thousand units. Each 100k chips is probably $5mm at about $50 per each MII-300.

Joe


HomeMailHotSubjectMarksPeopleMarksKeepersSettings
Terms Of UseContact UsCopyright/IP PolicyPrivacy PolicyAbout UsFAQAdvertise on SI
© 2025 Knight Sac Media.  Data provided by Twelve Data, Alpha Vantage, and CityFALCON News