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From: lance@hartmann.austin.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann)
Subject: Re: DX50 vs DX266
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:59:21 GMT
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In article <33z5zgc@rpi.edu> arnolm2@aix.rpi.edu (Matthew Richard Arnold) writes:
>
>Would someone be willing to explain to me the 486DX 50MHz is not more
>popular than it is?  I would think it would be just as fast, if not 
>faster than the 486DX 66MHz for certian applications.  Plus, a 50MHz 
>motherboard would seem better if you had any plans on upgrading the
>chip in the future.  I must be missing something, since everyone is 
>buying the DX2 66...  Many adds don't even mention the DX 50.
>

One of the things going for the DX2-66 (over the 50) is that it's
clock speed complies with the VESA local bus spec.

Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
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