On November 30, 2002 02:56 pm, Pigeon wrote: > On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 08:53:37PM +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > wouldnt it be slower though? Pentium 1 or 2? What about a Cyrix > > MII 366. > > > > Regards, Dean. > > Well, it sounds like a pretty old machine, so it may be limited to > a Pentium 1 which gives you a max clock of 233MHz. So a bit slower, > but not much. > > Point is that Cyrix try and compete with the much better financed > Intel on speed basically by using a cheaper process and pushing it > to its limits, so a Cyrix at its proper clock speed is more or less > like an Intel overclocked as far as you can push it.
If it did have problems, maybe you could underclock it. I have no idea if this'll work but I don't see why not.. I tried this on my 1600+XP just for shits and giggles but couldnt get the thing to boot.. has anyone ever tried this sucessfully? leo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
