rec.autos.simulators

Cyrix vs Pentium

André Perro

Cyrix vs Pentium

by AndrĂ© Perro » Wed, 02 Oct 1996 04:00:00

Does someone know witch is better foer racing simulation a cyrix 166 or a
pentium 166?

Jason Harriso

Cyrix vs Pentium

by Jason Harriso » Fri, 04 Oct 1996 04:00:00

Andr Perron wrote

I need to be cautious getting into the Cyrix v Intel battles again.
There have been a few discussions, already, and the Cyrix *was* coming
out on top for cost/performance (check some archives for more info) since
the latest sims did not use FPU, and therefore the Intel lost advantages.

BUT, and this may change with the full release (someone else might kno')
but the Nascar2 demo had Pentium specific code in it and could not run
on Cyrix chips.  (I'll assume this is related also to the fact that the
Cyrix
reports itself as a *very* fast 486 when questioned).  So, it depends,
and since I need an Intel for the other work I do, I don't even get to make
a choice.

Jet

Jaso

Cyrix vs Pentium

by Jaso » Fri, 04 Oct 1996 04:00:00


>Andr Perron wrote
>> Does someone know witch is better foer racing simulation a cyrix 166 or a
>> pentium 166?
>I need to be cautious getting into the Cyrix v Intel battles again.
>There have been a few discussions, already, and the Cyrix *was* coming
>out on top for cost/performance (check some archives for more info) since
>the latest sims did not use FPU, and therefore the Intel lost advantages.
>BUT, and this may change with the full release (someone else might kno')
>but the Nascar2 demo had Pentium specific code in it and could not run
>on Cyrix chips.  (I'll assume this is related also to the fact that the
>Cyrix
>reports itself as a *very* fast 486 when questioned).  So, it depends,
>and since I need an Intel for the other work I do, I don't even get to make
>a choice.
>Jet

Papyrus has said that the full release will be compatible, but I am
hesitating to buy a cyrix, because there are other games that have
compatibility problems.  NHL 97 will not run on a pentium only and
some flight sims and other games that use the FPU run slower on the
Cyrix.  Tough choice, especially when I don't quite have enough for
the pentium.

Jason Reineri


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