Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:17:28 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> To: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: ASUS P55T2P4 & K6-III-400MHz Message-ID: <19990815121728.A7367@ipass.net>
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As the ASUS P55T2P4 was the recommended Socket 7 motherboard for
FreeBSD for so long, I figure this might be of interest to some who have
one of these in-use.
Last week I upgraded my T2P4 to a K6-III-400. I used a Powerleap
PL-K6-III module (www.powerleap.com) to avoid overtaxing the T2P4's voltage
regulators (the jury is still out whether the native regulators can handle
the load over an extended period). It's been on burn-in for 4 days -- very
stable; benches up close to a Celeron 450.
If you have a side-mounted CPU (tower case), you might want to read my
post to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus (subject contains "Powerleap").
The Powerleap really needs some ZIFF socket clamps. But aside from that,
it works well.
CPU-bound tasks like compiling (kernel builds), Ghostscript, image
processing (Gimp), Netscape, games, software 3D, etc. much faster. Kernel
builds down to 3 minutes.
Randall
SUMMARY:
WinBench99 1.1 WinTune98
CPUMark FPUMark CPUInt CPUFP Mem
T2P4 233MMX 12.8 910 494.0 269.8 202.3
P-II 233 18.8 1210
T2P4 K6-III 400 37.7 1340 1076.4 425.6 798.5
Celeron 450/100 36.9 2410 WM 1320.7 526.4 798.6
Randy
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