They don't make them anymore. If you are thinking of having a computer with a cyrix processor it's DEFINITELY time to upgrade. If I'm not mistaken they maxed out around 150-200MHz. They used a rating scheme much like amd does today when comparing their processors to intel's.
OK, thanks. have any of you heard of a cyrix? processor. I'm not sure about the spelling. Do these suck and do they still make them?
Cyrix's still exist, mostly in PDAs and appliances though. And to be honest, I would not trust a Microwave with a Cyrix CPU running it. An old Pentium, yes, Cyrix NO. The PR200 Cyrix, well it was a 133 that was supposedly more efficient, that is NOT a core speed spec. No, it was NOT more efficient either, not nearly THAT much, as the comparison was to a Pentium.
IF a 200 MHz Celeron had been made, and one wanted almost ZERO grpahics effectiveness, then a Cyrix was decent. Most of them actually were so limited I would term them RISKY RISC processors. You risked data, your vision, Windows compatibility, almost certain high RMA rates due to uneven quality control, etc.
So, yeah, they STINK! BADLY! Gradually MELT, also, as they used non-standard voltages for cores. Many BIOS fixes were made to try and compensate for their quirks.
They are still around but merged with someone else possibly in the chipset arena (via perhaps). They no longer produce cpu's but produce silicon in other areas of computers.
//edit: did find something at the bottom of that article about a 667MHz-1GHz chip but apparently wasn't a very good performer even against other chips at the time
The first PC I built had a Cyrix 233 in it. I also had a 2Mb Ati expert @ play in there with 32Mb RAM. It played everything, well, Tombraider and Shadowman. I never had any trouble with it. It was a beast of the times, a bit like a T Rex.
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Would be dog a$$ slow but should work for you.
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http://www.sandpile.org/impl/m1.htm
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So cyrix sucked so bad they went out of business?
Cyrix's still exist, mostly in PDAs and appliances though. And to be honest, I would not trust a Microwave with a Cyrix CPU running it. An old Pentium, yes, Cyrix NO. The PR200 Cyrix, well it was a 133 that was supposedly more efficient, that is NOT a core speed spec. No, it was NOT more efficient either, not nearly THAT much, as the comparison was to a Pentium.
IF a 200 MHz Celeron had been made, and one wanted almost ZERO grpahics effectiveness, then a Cyrix was decent. Most of them actually were so limited I would term them RISKY RISC processors. You risked data, your vision, Windows compatibility, almost certain high RMA rates due to uneven quality control, etc.
So, yeah, they STINK! BADLY! Gradually MELT, also, as they used non-standard voltages for cores. Many BIOS fixes were made to try and compensate for their quirks.
John D.
http://www.tweak3d.net/articles/x86/9.shtml
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//edit: did find something at the bottom of that article about a 667MHz-1GHz chip but apparently wasn't a very good performer even against other chips at the time