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[Continued] >2.How does this clock doubling thing work? Is a 486 66 just a 33mhz machine >on steroids? Is it in actuality faster in all regards than a 486 50? Is the >486 50 a true 50mhz machine or a doubled 486 25? If not, is doubling >technology coming that will turn a 486 50 into a 486 100 anytime soon? >Would that be a better option than a Pentium? The double clock chips run at twice the speed of the motherboard. The trick was thought by Intel when they saw that making motherboards at high clock speeds is very difficult/expensive to engineers and companies. According to Intel benchmarks and our Eurotest, the 486 pure 50 MHz is slower than the doubled clocked 486/66 (66MHz the chip, 33MHz the motherboard). Wait for tripled clocked versions of the chip (one will come from IBM) that will outperform the Pentium at 60 MHz. >3. Will 3D Studio run under the forthcoming Alpha chip? Would an Alpha chip >machine be a completely different animal or is that an upgrade option as >well? For the first question, you will have to ask the Yost Group or Autodesk. if there will be a Windows NT version of 3DS, it'll easier to see an Alpha ported version of 3ds. Now DEC and Jensen has EISA based Alpha AXP machines that currently runs NT. Also, I won't be a surprise to see upgrades to 64bit bus machines to the Alpha. The DEC policy is to make the Alpha available as the engine for all platforms. There's also a Compaq-Intel "alliance" or strong relation which is reflected in the colaboration of Intel developing the Triflex architecture so it's not sure to see an upgrade for the compaq…but there are always third vendors 🙂 Seriously, I don't know it is technically possible. [More]