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Vizzue
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 Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2004 3:49 pm
Post subject: FPUs-The Greatest (old) Processor ever! |
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I am here to brag about my FPU. FPUs are basically old processors that have architecture that makes them different from a regular (or newer) CPU. Quake will only run on an FPU, and i have one, and it runs at an amazing 200mhz!!!!  |
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Unknown_K
Way too much free time
Joined: 01 Oct 2002
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| Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2004 9:56 pm
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| Every amd/ti/intel chip after the 386 had a FPU built in. Nexgen processors did not. |
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Unknown_K
Way too much free time
Joined: 01 Oct 2002
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:06 pm
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| JMS wrote: | A few 486SX chips had no FPU built in (some 486SX chips had the built in FPU but it was disabled!  ) |
Yes, I should have mentioned the SX chip. That particular style was sold when the 486 was first produced and died out by the time the dx/2 were popular. |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:12 pm
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| I think the 486SX without the FPU were the tiny ones that were soldered on to the motherboard and the 486SX with the dead FPU was the big loose ZIF one that were the same size as 486DX chips of the same clock speed. Am I right? |
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cheers_rules
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Joined: 31 May 2004
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Location: Virginia
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| Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:44 pm
Post subject: 486SX |
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| Anonymous wrote: | | I think the 486SX without the FPU were the tiny ones that were soldered on to the motherboard and the 486SX with the dead FPU was the big loose ZIF one that were the same size as 486DX chips of the same clock speed. Am I right? |
Yes, that's correct. I have an old Tandy Desktop with a 486SX on-board chip. Right next to it, it has a Socket 3 OverDrive Socket, so I put a DX2-66 chip in it. |
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Cyber Ghost
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Joined: 09 Aug 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:50 pm
Post subject: Vizzue is A Smacktard |
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Vizzue is A Smacktard  |
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Vizzue The "Smackata
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:03 pm
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| yes, well, i guess i lose. you guys are too nerdy, even for ME! Looks like dosgames brought in the big guns on me... |
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