iXBT Labs heeft een review gepost van de VIA Cyrix III 533. Zoals je inmiddels wellicht weet is de Cyrix III een socket370 processor waarbij het principe 'keep it simple' doorslaggevend is geweest bij de ontwikkeling. De processor heeft derhalve géén L2 cache en van gepijplijnde FPU's lijkt men ook nog niet gehoord te hebben. Het gevolg is dat de Cyrix III op een vergelijkbare kloksnelheid zo'n 35 tot 50% trager is dan een Celeron:
Well, Cyrix III has the following typical features:Low performance caused by a slow FPU in the first place and the absence of L2 cache in the second; Low cost due to small core size, which makes Cyrix III twice as cheap as Intel Celeron working at the same frequency; Low power consumption and low heat dissipation, which allow using this CPU in smaller devices without the active cooling. So, Cyrix III has every chance to occupy the market sector aimed at low-cost office PCs, especially bearing in mind that it is designed for Socket 370. We really doubt that it will find any other application. However, VIA isn't going to stop here and plans to launch another CPU on Samuel 2 core in Q1 next year. The new CPU seems to be deprived of quite many drawbacks of its predecessor. Samuel 2 is supposed to have a 64KB L2 cache and a slightly modified FPU unit, which should catch up with that of Celeron in terms of performance.
Thanks tom_ol voor de tip.
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