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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
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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