From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 18:18:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.hutchtel.net (ns1.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0190F37B64A for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 18:18:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jpaetzel@hutchtel.net) Received: from mark8 (hutch-532.hutchtel.net [206.9.112.171]) by ns1.hutchtel.net (8.9.1/8.9.0) with SMTP id UAA23297; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:18:35 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <001101c00657$bef061c0$ab7009ce@mark8> From: "Josh Paetzel" To: "Nathan Vidican" Cc: References: <004a01c00334$5b427a80$b4440ace@mark8> <39982435.18498D4F@wmptl.com> Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:25:48 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Vidican" To: "Josh Paetzel" Cc: Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? > Josh Paetzel wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "The Hermit Hacker" > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:46 PM > > Subject: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? > > > > > > > > I want to upgrade my Dual-Celeron machine to a Dual-?? and haven't got a > > > clue which way to go ... AMD vs Intel ... > > > > > > AMD is cheaper but I've been 'Intel' since I started with computers > > > ... any drawbacks as far as SMP under FreeBSD? benefits? > > > > > > if I throw cost away, are the Intel's still the better choice for a Unix > > > environment? I heard somehwere that AMD was great for gamers ... but what > > > about "real work"? > > > > > > > I think that you have to stick with the intel solution. I went down the > > non-intel road a couple of times and it never turned out to be a good thing > > in the end. > > > > I recently went in to upgrade my p2-450. I had a dream of getting an athlon > > with that new fancy 133 mghz FSB and ata/66 support and all that fun stuff. > > I walked out with a p3-700 on a good old 440bx asus motherboard. Yes, the > > athlons were a little bit cheaper than the p3s, but then the motherboards > > were more expensive. When it came time to plunk down the hard earned cash I > > had to go with what I knew....(but then, I'm still running 3.4, too!) > > > > Josh > > "Legacy Man" > > > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: > > Scrappy > > > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > > > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: > > scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Athlons run a 200mhz FSB, NOT A 133mhz FSB - that'd be your Intel PIII's > bus speed, and only at certain clock frequencies at that. Athlons run at 200mhz FSB, but their memory is still running at 133, isn't it? Not to mention > the full-speed cache that the Athlon offers. Are you saying/implying that the P3 coppermines don't have a full-speed cache? I'd bet than an AMD Athlon > 700mhz CPU running in a similar configuration on an Asus K7M/K7V > mainboard would out-perform your PIII at 700mhz running on an Asus 440bx > based board. > > Hmmmm, interesting challenge....I accept. I've got a Gforce2 GTS DDR video card, 160 megs of PC133 ram, and 7200 rpm IDE disks. My P3 is in fact a 100mghz FSB model, but I find it runs quite stable at 133mghz, which makes it a 933. (To be honest I usually run the bus at 115mghz cause I can't tell the difference and I am slightly afraid of cooking it.) Let me know if you have/can get similar components and we'll run your favorite benchmark program. > -- > Nathan Vidican > webmaster@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message