Date: Thu, 10 Jun 1999 06:55:21 -0500 From: rezidew@rezidew.net To: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cyrix, AMD, Intel Message-ID: <375FA7A9.4DFA62E6@rezidew.net> References: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB4401105970@site2s1>
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Christopher Michaels wrote: > > I can try and field a couple of these... > > > rezidew@rezidew.net wrote, > > > > > > #3) when I boot up the Cyrix with OpenBSD it's > > > detected as a 686 running at 251.36Mhz. > > > should I expect the same with FreeBSD? why > > > does this happen? is there something wrong > > > with the processor? > > > > > > As far as I know you should. If this is the case then you will > probably want a 686 kernel for the Cyrix. Ok, I am guessing that you have > the motherboard jumpered wrong. That should be reported at it's proper > speed, otherwise the Cyrix is pulling that old game of rating the processor > at one speed and running it at another. I will check the jumpers... > > Personally, if I were you, I would triple-check that the processor > is jumpered properly. > > > > #4) I have a Dual Processor Pentium-Pro-200. > > > If I compile in SMP for that machine, > > > on which of the three machines should I > > > expect to see the best performance? (all > > > things being equal) > > > > > > It REALLY depends upon when you are doing with the machines, and > what kind of hardware other than the processor is in them. All things equal > I would I say the AMD, because it has sheer MHz over the PPro and a newer > design, and because I've never seen a Cyrix that performed well. If you are > running CPU intensive programs that have been optimized for multiple CPU's, > that computer may have a slight speed benefit. > > (My K6-2/300 used to regularly outperform my roommate's PII/300. > Now that I have a K6-3/400 there's no contest :) > well I'll be using it as a desktop and running X, along with bochs (http://www.bochs.com) and GIMP, maybe blender, I might also start tweaking dosemu (http://www.dosemu.org) so see if I can get it to run on FreeBSD. btw, anyone know where SMP in FreeBSD is, compared to linux? -- -- Graphic Rezidew Graphic@rezidew.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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