-=> Quoting Bill Grimsley to Jesse Boxx <=-

 BG> Be aware that the Intel DX4/100 OverDrive CPU is a 5V device (with its
 BG> own on-board 3.5V regulator), while the AMD DX4/100 runs at 3.45V, so
 BG> if your motherboard doesn't support 3.nnV CPUs, you're restricted to
 BG> the Intel. 
 BG> That said, Landmark 6.0 has the Intel DX4/100 benchmarking at almost
 BG> precisely the same raw speed as the AMD DX4/120 (but the Intel is also
 BG> much dearer). 

Bill, thanks for the information.  I have an old Soyo motherboard which to the
best of my knowledge doesn't support anyother voltages than 5volt.  I would
like to have a "faster" computer but am on a very "shoe
string" budget.  Going
from a dx/33 to a dx2/66, by today's standards doesn't seem like much of a
step.  So I thought I'd go the whole way to the dx4/100.  Either AMD or Intel.
But the Intel 4/100 looks to be something like $120 to $180 or so.  While the
AMD is about $95 or less but as you say, I'd have to also have a voltage
regulator, which puts the price up again.

As I believe you're "in the business", what would your suggestion
be as to the
cheapest way to speed up my computer.

Thanks,
Jesse

 
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