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to: Brett Knuchel
from: Keith Richardson
date: 1997-01-21 08:01:26
subject: 6X86 CPU, MOTHERBOARD AND 32MB E

GA> Cyrix chips may be faster, that I wont dispute, but as far as
GA> compliance goes  with most applications and OTHER HARDWARE, the
GA> Intel is by far the more  compliant.  Sorry if you don;t beleive
GA> this butthose are the facts.  Most  retailers will delete this as
GA> $200 cheaper is a far much better selling point  as well as the
GA> same profit factor being acheived.

 BK> Sounds like a Pentium dealer to me. Having trouble getting hold of
 BK> Cyrix (IBM) chips are we? I challenge you to name one application or
 BK> hardware item that can be proven to not be as complient with a Cyrix
 BK> chip as a Pentium chip. You are just putting forward the typical Intel
 BK> propoganda that is not backed up with facts. Interesting you have gone
 BK> back on your claim that the Pentium chips are faster. Clutching for
 BK> straws now are we? If you have the facts produce them, pity you won't
 BK> be able to find those facts isn't it?

some versions of the cyrix chip have problems with nt. the cyrix floating
point processor is slower than the intel, and programs that make intensive
use of floating point (mainly graphics programs) will probably run
significantly slower on the cyrix product.

keith

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