dkm@cbnews.att.com (david.k.miyashiro) (04/04/91)
I'm looking for a 486/33 to use for number crunching at home. I am about to buy a Gateway system since I can get everything from one vendor at a good price. I had thought about buying a system a piece at a time starting with an AMI motherboard or any board that allows the bus to run at speeds higher than 8MHz. It seems that I will have to pay more to do this - will I see an equivalent performance gain? Please email responses. Dave Miyashiro dkm@cbqaa.att.com
phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) (04/04/91)
dkm@cbnews.att.com (david.k.miyashiro) writes: >vendor at a good price. I had thought about buying a system a piece >at a time starting with an AMI motherboard or any board that allows >the bus to run at speeds higher than 8MHz. It seems that I will have What is this strange obsession with running the bus beyond its spec? Why don't you buy a stepup transformer and plug your computer into 220V while you're at it. It would be only a little less reliable. --
scotte@applix.com (Scott Evernden) (04/04/91)
In article <1991Apr4.000531.4288@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >dkm@cbnews.att.com (david.k.miyashiro) writes: >>vendor at a good price. I had thought about buying a system a piece >>at a time starting with an AMI motherboard or any board that allows >>the bus to run at speeds higher than 8MHz. It seems that I will have > >What is this strange obsession with running the bus beyond its spec? >Why don't you buy a stepup transformer and plug your computer into 220V >while you're at it. It would be only a little less reliable. What are you talking about? Virtually every motherboard can run the bus at a variety of speeds- some as high as 16MHz. Most peripherals these days can handle 12 MHz with ease. Lots of folks run their bus hot with no problems. I run at 12 and have had zero (none, zip) panics. The stuff in my bus is all specifically spec'ed to run properly at that speed. My VGA is 45% faster at that speed. No reliability issues. -scott