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I remember those Cyrix chips well. We had a little shop where we would assemble boxes to spec. And hey, a 486 is a 486, we reasoned. They were cheap, ran cool

I remember those Cyrix chips well. We had a little shop where we would assemble boxes to spec. And hey, a 486 is a 486, we reasoned. They were cheap, ran cool, and just about as fast as the others.

daniel_iversen 7mo ago
Me too, and I recall the Cyrix "Pentium-like" chips were cheaper and faster than Intel's actual Pentium chips! [1] [1] https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/49259.html https://liam-on-linux.livejournal.com/49259.html
- hulitu 7mo ago
  Cyrix 686 166 PR200 was flying in Linux.
- timw4mail 7mo ago
  For the vast, vast majority of use cases, they are faster, yes. Cyrix chips get too much hate because of Quake being optimized specifically for the Pentium and its FPU.