Are all Intel, AMD and Cyrix processors compatible for ALL software applications?
A27. Because you included the qualifier “ALL”, the answer is no. Variations exist between the processors most often showing themselves in games. Especially with the newer technologies, the differences may be exaggerated by the different extensions they make to MMX technology and subtle features of the different instruction sets and cache performance. Popular games or programs should have a Intel and an AMD version or most likely a version that would run on both with the installation program putting in the required features for the particular processor. Given the much smaller popularity of Cyrix processors, you need to check first before buying the game/application. Q28. How do I confirm hardware components in a newly purchased computer (e.g. is the Pentium chip a 550 or a 450?)? A28. There is an assortment of software available all with greater and lesser degrees of accuracy. The most powerful one found to detect chip characteristics is WCPUID by H. Oda. (version 2.4 is on the Build Te
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