Tech Ambrosia | NSC Geode GX2 Runs DOSBench - Doom, Quake, and more! @TechAmbr | Uploaded July 2021 | Updated October 2024, 51 minutes ago.
The original Geode GXM was just a re-badge of the Cyrix MediaGXm, right down to the CPU returning "CyrixInstead" if you queried its CPUID String.
This was followed by the Geode GX1, a simple die shrink of the original Geode / MediaGX. So similar that it could interface effortlessly with the MediaGXm's CX5530 Companion Chip.
NSC's first true revision to the MediaGX core at the heart of the Geode lineup was the Geode GX2, but as far as I can tell, they never got any out to market before they sold the Geode line to AMD, who turned around and badged it the "AMD Geode GX" -- and again, this CPU returns "Geode by NSC" when querying its CPUID string, so history definitely repeated itself with this SoC.
The GX2 features a revised core and L1 cache, and updated CPU graphics and sound (now with AC97 High Definition Audio Codec support instead of Sound Blaster 16 emulation). This unfortunately makes it difficult to recommend for DOS gaming.
This example comes from a Wyse Sx0 (an S90, to be exact) thin client, and is quite the interesting performer, as you can see.
The original Geode GXM was just a re-badge of the Cyrix MediaGXm, right down to the CPU returning "CyrixInstead" if you queried its CPUID String.
This was followed by the Geode GX1, a simple die shrink of the original Geode / MediaGX. So similar that it could interface effortlessly with the MediaGXm's CX5530 Companion Chip.
NSC's first true revision to the MediaGX core at the heart of the Geode lineup was the Geode GX2, but as far as I can tell, they never got any out to market before they sold the Geode line to AMD, who turned around and badged it the "AMD Geode GX" -- and again, this CPU returns "Geode by NSC" when querying its CPUID string, so history definitely repeated itself with this SoC.
The GX2 features a revised core and L1 cache, and updated CPU graphics and sound (now with AC97 High Definition Audio Codec support instead of Sound Blaster 16 emulation). This unfortunately makes it difficult to recommend for DOS gaming.
This example comes from a Wyse Sx0 (an S90, to be exact) thin client, and is quite the interesting performer, as you can see.
