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Qian Jun <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 3 Apr 1998 19:03:51 -0800
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John Chin wrote:
>
> At 12:25 AM 4/1/1998  Leo Castillo  wrote:
> >
> >Hi guys, heard somewhere back in late '97 that the BX chipset is supposed to
> >come out in 1Q98.
> >
> >Well, 1Q98's over and it's still not out yet!!! Am planning to upgrade to a
> >Pentium II very soon... is BX expected to come out anytime soon? What ARE
> >the differences anyway between BX and LX? Does it matter if I'm just using a
> >PII-300?
>
> Leo:
>
> I would definitely wait. The Intel BX chipset is due out
> on April 15, 1998.
>
> It will offer a 100 MHz front end BUS, instead of 66MHz.
> Improved AGP, also.
>
> Furthermore, the Celeron CPU will debut; it's an inexpensive
> P-II without the L-2 cache.
>
> So wait a little longer. Of course, you might want to wait
> for the July 1998 price cuts, too.  <g>
>
> Regards,
>
> John Chin

Hi John, I may be wrong but I want to ask that which AGP speed BX will
support, 66 or 133?

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