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Other Processors

  • 30-03-1999 8:57pm
    #1
    Kegser
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    Hmm I was just wondering if anyone had heard anything good or bad about the less well-known processors out there?

    Can't remember some of the names off by heart but I've heard some of them are fairly good....

    Kegs.


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  • #2
    Draco
    Subscribers Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭Draco


    At the moment I have a rather large hatred of all processors made by Cyrix. They're absimal. They don't run as fast as they say and you only get 2 more fps from a cyrix 300 over a cyrix 200. Stay away.

    Draco.


  • #3
    Kegser
    Closed Accounts Posts: 793 ✭✭✭Kegser


    I was thinking more along the lines of the lesser known processors? Not AMD or Cyrix or Intel like....

    Kegs.


  • #4
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    http://www.digital.com/info/hpc/news/news_spec_feb99.html
    for info on Compaqs Alpha 21264 (EV6) processor , this baby flies... 575 Mhz.

    or a Dual Intel P3 Xeon system mmmmmm smile.gif

    check out http://www.specbench.org/osg/cpu95/results/cpu95.html
    for a full list of benchmarks by loads of systems... many of which would wipe the floor with your P2 or c300a tongue.gif


  • #5
    LegacyUser
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    The only other one I can think of(bar the DEC ALPHA et al)is the IDT Winchip. Ermmmmm.... less said the better
    really. Nice idea but.....

    Cartman


  • #6
    krinDar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 96 ✭✭krinDar



    Less well known ?? x86 compatible or not ??

    If your talking x86 you've heard about them all,

    If you mean others, (SPARC, PA-RISC, Alpha, RS-6000 etc)
    They are brillant chips. But they don't run
    anything from M$, well the Alpha runs NT but badly.

    Also they are expensive but if you wanna do development
    or run decent servers they are well worth it.

    (An UltraSPARC 5 is about 3-5 grand IIRC)



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