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ArticlesAugust 1994 / BYTE Lab Product Report


August 1994 / BYTE Lab Product Report

article Hands-On Testing: 21 Pyrotechnic Pentiums
Our Windows and Unix benchmarks identify the best 60- to 100-MHz Pentium systems for high-performance computing
- by Scott Higgs and Jim Kane

article The Best Pentiums For General-Purpose Windows
table Rankings For This Category
table General-Performance Windows
table For high speed and economy...
For Windows users who need spreadsheet calculations or screen graphics updates in an instant, these 60- and 66-MHz Pentium systems are a delight.

article 486DX4: A 100-Mhz Alternative To Pentiums?
table DX4 Systems Compared
Systems built around Intel's new 100-MHz DX4 CPU offer faster performance and twice the on-chip cache of 486DX2 chips.

article BYTE BEST: High-Performance Windows
table Rankings For This Category
table When only the fastest Windows speed will do...
table Need economy at the high end?
Bang for the buck continues to expand rapidly: All but one of these 90- and 100-MHz systems had faster Windows performance than the fastest 66-MHz systems.

article BYTE BEST: Unix
table Rankings For This Category
table Want the fastest Pentium for Unix?
table For reliable Unix performance on a tight budget...
The big story when comparing Pentium systems in this roundup for Unix performance is the lack of video drivers for SCO Unix.

article How We Tested
PERFORMANCE We tested each system for performance under Windows 3.1, DOS 6.0, and SCO Unix 3.2.4.

article Ease Of Use
In addition to running performance tests, we examined each system for usability by focusing on two areas: system design and documentation.

article Beating the Heat
Pentium buyers still must pay careful attention to how systems designers dissipate the heat generated by these fast CPUs.

article We loved the well-considered design
We loved the well-considered design of Hewlett-Packard's new Vectra XU 5/90C.

article Roll Call Of Pentiums Tested


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