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When I run Windows 95 on my 6×86 computer, the Windows 96 control panel system information identifies the CPU as a 486. Why?

April 26, 2017Computer CONTROL panel run system Windows Windows 95

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When I run Windows 95 on my 6×86 computer, the Windows 96 control panel system information identifies the CPU as a 486. Why?

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A. The algorithm used in Windows 96 to detect the CPU was completed before the Cyrix 686 was released and therefore the Cyrix 686 responds to the algorithm just as a 486 does. To verify that your system is using the 6×86 microprocessor, please reference your computers BIOS startup screen. In addition, the following software utilities identify the 6×86 CPU correctly: Diagsoft QA Factory 6.02 and QA Plus/FE 5.42; Quarterdeck Manifest 4.01; and PC Doctor Rev 1.5.162 from Watergate Software. Cyrix will update this site with new software utilities that can detect a 6×86 CPU in the future.