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"Robert J. Robinson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 25 Mar 1998 19:02:03 -0500
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>I have a friend who has a Packard Bell 486DX2-66 with 24MB RAM, 540MB hard
>drive running Windows 95. She would like to upgrade her processor with an
>overdrive processor. We have seen processors from Evergreen Technology and
a
>couple other companies for about $100. Has anyone had any experience with
any
>of these upgrade processors that could help us decide which one would give
us
>good performance and relatively problem free upgrading. Thank you in
advance
>for your advice.


I would like to answer a question with a question.... Does the Packard Bell
have any
L2 cache installed? The gains from a faster processor will be dampened
considerably
by not having any L2 installed.
     Just my 2 cents
Bob Robinson

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