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: Firstly the Cyrix 686 chips. Due to the relatively cheap price of
: these chips, I'd much rather pay out for one of these than an
: equivalent Intel. I understand though that they have a slower floating
: point unit than Pentiums, does this have a negative effect within DOS
: games, especially the Papyrus racers? When looking at these chips,
: woud it be safe to totally rely on their 'P' rating when comparing
: them to Intel chips?
So far Papyrus's games do not use floating point. There maybe 1 or 2
games out there that do. But, to the best of my knowledge very few do.
Now as to the future?
: Next is the MB. Basically Triton 1 or Triton 2? What are the
: performance advantages with Triton2, worth the extra cash?
I am no expert but from what I have been reading, it may be best to wait
for the Triton 3, which is either just out or soon to be.
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I'll leave the rest up to those better qualified to answer. However, I
would like to make a few observations.
I too would like to upgrade my system, but feel that right now may not
be the BEST time to do so. As the market and technology is in a drastic
evolving and changing state. It is always changing, but at the moment I
think the whole situation is a little more murky that usual. However, I
currently have a stronger system than yours and can wait longer before I
make the plunge.
I would suggest browsing the following newsgroups for more input and
insight:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Good luck. I think many of us would appreciate a report back once you
make the move. Let us know how things fare. There are too many of us
still working with less than adequate hardware.
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.
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