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Cyric 6x86
I am standing in front of a big hardware upgrade, and while browsing the net
I saw a lot of refferences to the Cyrix 6x86 CPU, which according to
benchmarks and reviews is supposed to be quite good. however, as we all know
- all reviews and becnhmarks work generally for MS stuff.. and I heard some
rumours that the Cyrix 6x86 on Linux makes some probs, (some VICIOUS rumours
say it makes linux resemble MS stuff ;-)
Anyway, if anyone can answer these questions, or have any other information
about those CPU's - I'd appreciate it very much.
A. Does the Cyrix 6x86 serie work STABLE with Linux under Pentium
optimization?
B. Does the Cyrix 6x86 serie work STABLE with Linux under 486
optimization?
C. Are the performances of the Cyrix (either pentium optimized or 486
optimized) PXXX+ compared to a standard intel PXXX better or worse?
D. Can I run a Cyrix in good preformances on a Triton II 430HX
motherboard, with no problems? (Tyan TomCat I is my preffered option
at the moment)
E. Are there any planned gcc optimizations to work esp. for the Cyric
6x86?
Thanks in Advance,
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