Date: Wed, 27 Nov 96 14:18:40 MST From: clintw@colorado.cirrus.com (Clint Wolff) To: smp@FreeBSD.org, Bruce.Albrecht@seag.fingerhut.com Subject: Re: P5 vs. P6 performance Message-ID: <9611272118.AA16802@longs.colorado.cirrus.com>
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> I'm looking at buying either a dual CPU Pentium motherboard and > initially populating it with a single Pentium-200 MHz, and then adding the > second Pentium-200 MHz a few months later, OR buying a single Pentium-Pro 200 > MHz motherboard. What can I expect for relative performance for each > system, assuming that each one has, for example 64 MB memory? If this > is an overpowered home system with only occasional periods of > sustained computation, would I need more that 64 MB? > > For example, on a lightly loaded system, how much faster is the > Pentium Pro? Which system (dual P5 vs. 1 P6) would be faster at > compiling all of FreeBSD from scratch? > > Thanks. > Everyone I have talked to about buying a single pentium 200 and adding a second one later has cautioned against it... Apparently, Intel recommends only using dual processors with the same S-Spec number (I assume this is the stepping)... Buying one now and one later doesn't give you any way of insuring this... clint
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