Poll: CPU wars!

[Demon-Xanth]

Okay, since all the AMD vs. Intel: Which is best? CPU wars have been fought and everyone died. I'm starting a new one...


Cyrix 6x86MX vs. IDT Winchip: Which sucked more?

 

[CTho9305]

lmao

 

[AdamK47]

I've never owned either of the two. I know better than that. I have always sticked with AMD or Intel. I came really close to buying the Cyrix 6x86 CPU after reading all the hype about it in PC Magazine, but decided on a $600 Pentium 166 classic. That was back in the day they were first out too.

 

[Biggs]

Erm, what's an IDT Winchip?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Biggs: Socket 7 chip that was a drop in 240MHz replacement for a P133.

Note: I didn't pay for any of my cyrix chips. The PR150L+ is the "die hanging on my wall". 6x86MX PR200 was traded for a P150 (I no longer have a MB that does MMX voltages). And the 300M2 was given to my sister.

 

[esung]

Winchip isn't bad for legacy MBs. and the 6x86 wasn't that bad for it's time either. Back then FPU performance wasn't that much of problem..