How fast in mhz is a Cyrix 6x86 chip?

[alm99]

I have an old Compaq that I want to get rid of and it has a Cyrix 6x86 chip, but I don't know what that equates to in mhz. Anyone know?

 

[ndee]

A MHz is a MHz

 

[alm99]

Originally posted by: ndee
A MHz is a MHz

brain no worky

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: alm99
I have an old Compaq that I want to get rid of and it has a Cyrix 6x86 chip, but I don't know what that equates to in mhz. Anyone know?

The 166+ was 133mhz, but correlated to a P100 when it came to gaming or anything that used the FPU.

The 200+ was 166mhz. I'm guessing the 133+ was 100mhz.

Honestly the Cyrix 6x86 was one of the worst CPUs ever created.

 

[furie27]

Those 6x86's ran between 133 and 200, if I remember correctly. Their PR number will give you the supposed equivelant Intel speed.

Honestly the Cyrix 6x86 was one of the worst CPUs ever created.

Seconded.

 

[KoolDrew]

He is saying 1 MHz = 1MHz. We cannot tell you what it is when all you told use was that it is a Cyrix 6x86 chip.

 

[yhelothar]

Yeah I used a PR200+ all the way up until 2001. What's so bad about the cyrix anyways? My games did crash often, but that was only if I had the sound turned on.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0
Yeah I used a PR200+ all the way up until 2001. What's so bad about the cyrix anyways? My games did crash often, but that was only if I had the sound turned on.

Your PR200+ was equivalent to a P133 (if not worse) in gaming, that's what's so bad.

 

[imported_oralpain]

The old Cyrix chips had a terrible FPU, thats why the sucked.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

I had a 166+GP with the 256/16K L1 and a ATi@play 8mb 192mb SIMM as one of my boxes and for the time it was fine really. Played many a session of Rainbow Six and Descent on that thing Funniest thing was that if you overclocked it it would slow down

 

[Parkeshub]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
....... Funniest thing was that if you overclocked it it would slow down

Must be an Australian processor then!!!!

 

[yhelothar]

Oh well, damn bastard gave me a 1MB ISA card, so 3d gaming was out of the question for me anyways.
It ran starcraft and duke nukem 3d fine though
I just had to turn off the sound :|

 

[nortexoid]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
I had a 166+GP with the 256/16K L1 and a ATi@play 8mb 192mb SIMM as one of my boxes and for the time it was fine really. Played many a session of Rainbow Six and Descent on that thing Funniest thing was that if you overclocked it it would slow down

that's not very funny, because it happens to all processors when they get too hot.

 

[suklee]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: alm99
I have an old Compaq that I want to get rid of and it has a Cyrix 6x86 chip, but I don't know what that equates to in mhz. Anyone know?

The 166+ was 133mhz, but correlated to a P100 when it came to gaming or anything that used the FPU.

The 200+ was 166mhz. I'm guessing the 133+ was 100mhz.

Honestly the Cyrix 6x86 was one of the worst CPUs ever created.

IIRC the 200+ was 150Mhz.