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to: BILL GRIMSLEY
from: JOHN ASCENZO
date: 1996-08-16 23:33:00
subject: Re: 686/133?

Quoting Bill Grimsley to Angus Tong re "686/133?"
 BG> Angus, at 13:52 on Aug 10 1996, you wrote to All...
 
 AT> Could anyone give me a cost on a 686/133 cpu + motherboard.. or should I 
 AT> just get a 686/100 and over clock it? Suggestions? 
 BG> I ended up buying the 6x86/100, as it runs reliably at 120MHz, and
 BG> gives the biggest bang for the buck
 BG> 100MHz     110MHz     120MHz     133MHz  
 BG> ---------------------------------------
 BG> CPU    1188.92    1313.21    1432.61    1589.58
 BG> FPU    1154.86    1275.72    1391.75    1544.63
 BG> Vid    19660.80   20915.74   21370.43   21845.33  (Trio64 S3 764 2Mb)
 BG> ID#    P-120+     P-133+     P-150+     P-166+
 BG> Bus    50MHz      55MHz      60MHz      66MHz
 BG> I was very surprised at how well the 6x86/100 overclocks, in fact.
Excuse me butting in but!
I've just built a computer with a VX M/B and a 686-100MHz CPU and am very 
happy with it, however, I would be interested to know how to set my system up 
to run it at 120MHz?  The motherboard uses AMIBIOS 1995.
Regards,
John Ascenzo
... "I need warp speed in 3 minutes or we are all dead." - Kirk
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