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  Speeding up my PC Query

   • j********o@***.com
     18/03/1997 00:00:000 UTC

     I have a 486DX VESA, running at 80 MHz, with an overdrive socket (for
     you speed-weenies out there, it was cheap and eminently suited for my
     needs). Is there any way to improve my speed (I've seen upgrade kits for
     slower computers, but I may be at my clock speed already)? What benefits
     would I derive from going Pentium, anyway? I've already put in some
     memory (up to 12 MB, now), and it hasn't helped speed up compiling, for
     example, so I think I have enough of that for now.

     A side note: why did they bother allowing for 128 KB RAM on computers
     that will be obsolete long before we get near needing or wanting that
     much memory? (I suppose it's just a matter of the architecture allowing
     it, so it's advertised as if it's useful).

     Gorno

       • g*****o@****.net
         19/03/1997 00:00:000 UTC

         j********o@***.com wrote:

         Gorno, do something about your posts, their not formated right and
         it

         looks like spew all over the page. There missing carriage returns or

         something.

         I've seen "bare-bone" Pentium 133mhz systems for as little as $250.
         You

         get the case, motherboard, CPU and power supply. All you do is move
         your

         cards to it. 16megs of EDO memory simms go for around $75-$85
         dollars

         each. Even on as shoe-string budget, one should be able to get a
         real

         screamer of a system.

         I'm still using a DX/4-100mhz computer with 20megs. I'm waiting for
         the

         Pentium-166mhz prices to drop as low as the 133s. It's the old
         waiting

         game.

         --Glen

         "We're all Devo!"