Date: Sat, 18 May 1996 15:30:24 +0200 From: se@zpr.uni-koeln.de (Stefan Esser) To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: EDO & Memory latency Message-ID: <199605181330.AA16056@Sisyphos> In-Reply-To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> "Re: EDO & Memory latency" (May 16, 16:46)
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On May 16, 16:46, Warner Losh wrote: } Subject: Re: EDO & Memory latency } : It is, but why don't you get } : yourself an AMD 5x86 instead, } : which performs better than the } : P5-83 and is a lot cheaper ? } } What is the cost and will it plug into my oldish 33MHz 486DX } motherboard? I paid 115DM a few weeks ago, and have seen them offered for 109DM in recent mail order price lists. That translates to about $65+VAT. If your motherboard does not offer a 3.3V supply to the CPU socket, you'll need a voltage regulator socket, which may add some $20. There are complete upgarde modules sold by Kingston and some other companies (see the AMD web page for pointers). I like my 5x86 a lot. It made my old ASUS SP3G compile the world nearly as fast as others reported for a P133 (within some 10% of real time :). Depending on your memory subsystem and cache, you may see some 10% less or a few percent more speed. If you have a VLB board and get the ADZ version (which needs neither fan nor cooler at 133MHz) you can overclock it to 160MHz (4x40MHz) and have a system that beats most P90 :) (But be sure to have the CPU well cooled in that case!) Regards, STefan -- Stefan Esser, Zentrum fuer Paralleles Rechnen Tel: +49 221 4706021 Universitaet zu Koeln, Weyertal 80, 50931 Koeln FAX: +49 221 4705160 ============================================================================== http://www.zpr.uni-koeln.de/~se <se@ZPR.Uni-Koeln.DE>
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