From: adhir@oberon.umd.edu (Alok Dhir) Subject: Re: 70ns or 60ns RAM with a 486/66: does it matter? Date: 6 Jul 1993 20:33:14 GMT
In article <21ckh7$sma@grapevine.lcs.mit.edu> metcalf@CATFISH.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris Metcalf) writes:
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>I'm about to buy a 486/66 with 16M of RAM, 256K 20ns cache. Is it worth $50
>or so to get 60ns RAM instead of 70ns RAM? I'll summarize in a day or two.
I'd say no on this one. Since the dx2/66 chips are what they call
"clock doubled", the chips speak to main memory at half the internal
processor speed. So you wouldn't need memory that's any faster than
you'd need with a 486dx/33. Now considering that I've owned 3
486dx/50s with 70ns ram, and never had a problem with ram speed, I'd
say that 70ns is plenty fast for a 486dx2/66.
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