On 15-Sep-95 at 07:59:31, Scott Little wrote to Randall Lane

          about:CPUs



 RL>> Cyrix 486DX4/100 (3.45v)       $165

 RL>> AMD   486DX4/100 (3.45v)       $169



 SL> Is AMD better or just more expensive?

 SL> Find out how much it costs to send one of those chips COD to Sydney, and 



Hi Scott, The Cyrix has a write back internal cache and is faster

on all tests than the AMD equivalent. The mainboard, tho', needs

to support these. The cyrix dx4/100 uses the M7 setting and is a 33Mhz

that is triple clocked. The AMD is a fair bit slower than the Cyrix but

is utilised more in the marketplace because it was the first cheaper

option to the Intel model. The Cyrix will also outperform the IDX4/100.



COD/Post to you would be an extra $6.95

Regards,

     Randall

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