VIA Cyrix MII Reviews

I have been asked on many occasions what i think of the cyrix chips, my answer is always the same ,DONT USE THEM!!!.The simple truth is they are a very slow processor, the title of the chip ie cyrix 333 has no real meaning as the chip is not 333mhz it is 249mhz if it is the 83 x 3 chip.A lot of games struggle when using this ...  Read the complete review

I had a Cyrix for a while, it din't impress. I suppose it's there for people who want to do basic stuff with PCs. It can handle wordprocessing and can do internet stuff, but multimedia games aren't not what it is good for. I tried to love it, but it just couldn't cope. Buy this processor if you are looking for ...  Read the complete review

Cyrix have been around quite a few years now plugging away at the low end of the CPU market. They take a bad press for being slow for games with their MII chip but this isnt where its targeted, its targeted at the business and budget end where masses of FPU power isnt required. This is why you normally see them in machines with onboard ...  Read the complete review

Many people say dont buy the MII its got poor performance, its slow at games and its multimedia floating point performance is pathetic. Well then people who read those reviews think why does anyone buy this chip. Well let me give you one little example. Suppose you work for a large company or even a school. You need to buy 200+ ...  Read the complete review

I have very strong views on the computer processor market and even though the big-guns like AMD and Intel are expensive, their products are clearly a lot better! I have to say that anyone buying a PC with a Cyrix chip in it should seriously recommend looking into spending as little as another £50 to get an AMD or possibly Intel ...  Read the complete review

My first computer system was powered by a Cyrix MII 300MHZ Processor and for the first year I was very satisfied and it served me well. It wasn't until I started to play games that I noticed a that the games were chugging along and were barely playable. When I enquired at a few shops I was told that even the processor was qouted ...  Read the complete review

The Cyrix MII was effectively the 686mx (which once ruled the CPU market for speed) this chip had a job to do and it did it well. It was certainly aimed at the Bussiness user or the low end home user. I used the Cyrix MII for about a year and I was impresses by the overall speed, however I started to get a little annoyed at the low FPU ...  Read the complete review

Having used Cyrix cpu's all of my computing life, around 4 years now, starting with the 486 sx-40 through to the Cyrix MII-433 now, I have a good knowledge of them. Contrary to popular belief Cyrix CPU's can handle games. Although not the best FPU on the market, being 2 generations out of date, it actually can handle games. I ...  Read the complete review

When you're evaluating this product please don't forget that it's probably only costing you £15/£20 pounds and it IS a budget processor. There is speed to be had in this processor but it's NOT 333 Mhz of speed. It's a cleverly multiplied low-end processor which has a very high effective speed. The ...  Read the complete review

Can you believe it? New CPU is slower than new CPU!!! This is exactly the case for the new Cyrix III. Cyrix is no longer "Cyrix" as in the days of Pentium 166 where it is product of a company called Cyrix. VIA bought Cyrix in 1999. Some months later, VIA bought another x86 CPU company called IDT, which makes the IDT WinChip. ...  Read the complete review

The name deceptively suggests that this is a 333mhz based chip but due to the way in which it works it is only actually clocked at 266mhz. Since it achieves this speed using a 66mhz bus it is by all means not a high end chip. Notoriously unreliable and cumbersome these chips won't last long under intensive use. Under ...  Read the complete review