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From: lbr@holos0.uucp (Len Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why buy a DX over an SX?
Message-ID: <1991Apr12.162615.13529@holos0.uucp>
Date: 12 Apr 91 16:26:15 GMT
References: <14534@encore.Encore.COM>
Organization: Holos Software, Inc., Atlanta, GA
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In article <14534@encore.Encore.COM> elliot@encore.com writes:
>Ok, so we have beaten to death the differences between a 386SX and a 386DX.
>What I would like to know is what to the big attraction of a DX which seems
>to cost $200 more (without cache).  What does the 32-bit interface buy you?
>Certainly not CPU performance.  I did some checking and got these SI (5.0)

>(No, I am not running Unix, but I am running Windows [because I have to]).

So what?  You're running *all* 16-bit software and you want to know
why having a a 32-bit data path doesn't buy you much?  Windows puts
the machine into proctected mode, but it doesn't use 32 bit mode.

As to the cache, it makes a huge difference even under DOS.  I have
a 33 Mhz DX with 64K cache.  It runs *far* faster than lower power
machines.

-- 
Len Reed
Holos Software, Inc.
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