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Date:      Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:29:41 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Jackson <d055633c@dc.seflin.org>
To:        Spitz <neil@shellz.Malicia.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: which is best
Message-ID:  <Pine.3.89.9803261012.F11174-0100000@dc.seflin.org.>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980324223953.27699B-100000@shellz>

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It doesn't matter.  As far as chip makers go no one chip is better than 
the other per se. Intel has the big name and is good for nothing but hype 
and overpriced chips.  Cyrix chips run a hell of a lot faster at slower 
clock speeds, (i.e. a cyrix m2-mmx 200 runs at 150 Mhz and can match an 
Intel 233 in pure computing power) but it lacks in floating point math 
operations.  AMD has better floating point operations than cyrix, but it 
doesn't match their speed.  Overall for general computing I would pick 
Cyrix, as the price aspect ($80 for a Cyrix 200 $100 for a Cyrix 233!!!) 
beats the crap out of Intel, and at the same speed.  




Robert Jackson
d055633c@dc.seflin.org

On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Spitz wrote:

> SHould I get a Intel or AMD to run FreeBSD? thanks
> 
> Neil
> 
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