Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 01:50:42 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EDO & Memory latency Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960517014430.28669A-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee> In-Reply-To: <199605162022.NAA17795@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Thu, 16 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > PCI can't run faster than 33 -- on a 75, that means 25. > > > > I feel I can't argue against this - though why aren't they running it > > at some other speed than 1/2 of external and not 33/50 of it? I hate > > Pentium 75-s which lose to 486DX-80s in one of the components of graphics > > winmark... (everything else was exactly the same) :-( > > Use P100's (actualy P99's) and run the full 33, and you won't be > unhappy. > > Since Intel started dumping Pentiums at 1/2 price, can you even get > 486's any more except buying out distressed warehouse inventory? > > Don't know - I just upgraded my computer, that's why I can say for sure that everything but the motherboard and processor remained the same... And I do hold that a *decent* chipset should hold the PCI speed at max (33 MHz) in case the bus speed is higher than 33 MHz. But there aren't many like these out there, I guess. > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > Sander
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