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Unlike the author, back in the day I would have preferred a 486DX50 to the DX2-66. 50MHz bus interface (including to the graphics card) instead of 33MHz

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My first job was AutoCAD drafting on a DX50 with 16MB. Quite high specced in the early 90s. Not sure I would've noticed the difference compared with a DX2 though.

Can you elaborate why? I understand the bus speed difference but the benchmark I remember always gave the 66Mhz winning over the 50Mhz.

Were those benchmarks with the DX-50 or the DX2-50?

DX2-66 vs DX-50. A DX2-50 obviously lose to a DX-50.

In the "486" class of desktop processors, there were also:

- Intel FC80486DX4WB-100 (50 x 2 @100)

- Am5x86-P75+ (50 x 3 @150)

- Am5x86-P100 (40 x 4 @160)

It's complicated

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