Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 23:18:01 -0700 (PDT) From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@luke.cpl.net> To: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Q] MMX Chip in Standard Pentium? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970808231620.5440A-100000@luke.cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <33EB8F41.EBE88211@chalmers.com.au>
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> A bit off topic I guess, but the experts may know. I want to upgrade my > FreeBSD Pentium 120 box, but seem to be only able to get Pentium MMX > chips. > Will an MMX chip work in the "standard" mumboard? Does FreeBSD work > ok with the MMX chips? I guess it does, but at the price of a chip, I'd > better > ask. > The major question of course is thoug, can I just do a straight swap, or > do > I need a new mumboard as well for the MMX chip.? You need a new motherboard due to the MMX using a different voltage(dual plane is what I think its called) FreeBSD will work fine on MMX chips, but I doubt MMX will do much for it. The only real benefit going MMX is in increase L1 cache.
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