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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!news.mindspring.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!stdio!heathers!risner From: risner@heathers.stdio.com (James Risner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: 386DX-40 or 486SX-33? Date: 7 Dec 1996 19:50:38 GMT Organization: Open World Lines: 15 Message-ID: <58chqf$ob5@stargate.stdio.com> References: <nigel.32.00137D82@znet.net.au> <5898qk$kgl@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu> <nigel.33.000056AD@znet.net.au> <58c65b$2g8@rapidnet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: heathers.stdio.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Doug Ingraham (dpi@rapidnet.com) wrote: : : I wasn't planning on spending money - I already have both motherboards and : : was wondering which one will be more efficient???? : Unless you have a working Co-processor on the 386DX the 486SX will be about : twice as fast computationally overall (all other things being equal). what are you smoking? 486SX don't have math CO's. 386DX 40 and 486SX-33 are VERY close in speed. Risner