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Intel ODP486SX

This page will show all objects that classify as Intel ODP486SX. The ODP486SX has been made by Intel, a company that has been around since 1968 and is today's biggest processor company. They started with the i4004, a microprocessor for calculators and such, but got popular with the 8086 and 8088. IBM used that processor in it's IBM-PC and clones of the IBM PC obviously used the same processor as well. Thanks to this evolution Intel could find it's way on the market and develop successors of the 8086 all up to todays Core i7.

Intel ODP486SX 25 'SZ800'

Overdrive processors are build to 'Overdrive' a system with an existing surface mounted processor. In this case the Overdrive processor can be plugged in and will disable the on-board processor so it can boost an 486SX25 to an 486DX2/50.

If your motherboard has a normal zero insertion force (ZIF) socket you can probably install a normal 486DX2 as well. Today nobody would care anymore but back then you could save quite some money because Overdrive processors were more expensive. > Read more