Date: Sun, 27 Apr 1997 18:48:46 -0700 From: Chris Browning <brownie@earthling.net> To: Mr M P Searle <csubl@csv.warwick.ac.uk> Cc: smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Quad Pro 150 motherboard? Message-ID: <336401FE.F21@earthling.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970427203708.32065D-100000@zen.cypher.net>
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Michael, I concur with Ben here. Typically in the PC world, anything above 2 procs is geared towards servers. I can't think of many non-server > 2way systems out there. So, if you want >2way, you will have to go with one of the server class machines, which are typically expensive. In addition, I would not bother with the 150MHz PPP. If I remember correctly, the 150 only comes in the 256k cache size. If you are going to do 4way, do yourself a favor and get the 512k cache PPP. 4way PPP will saturate the processor bus quite quickly, so the more cache the better. I believe they make a 166/512k PPP, so for cost effectiveness, that is what I would recommend. Chris Not speaking for Intel. Ben Black wrote: > > a 4 or 6 CPU P6 board for *other* than a large server...think about that > for a few minutes. > > (hint: NT4 Workstation can't handle more than 2CPUs and that is the most > popular commercial SMP-capable OS) > > On Mon, 28 Apr 1997, Mr M P Searle wrote: > > > Is there such a thing as a cheap quad Pentium Pro motherboard? I'm looking > > for an SMP Pro 150, but there aren't many 4 or 6 Pro motherboards > > around, and those that I could find were for large servers (eg Intel Alder, > > Goliath, etc.) > > > > Thanks, Michael. > > > > -- -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzJSHeUAAAEEAKQrvftlb+sbnw0hA5vW2Orzq3rCGypldkYxRdXhx0yWx/dY U2PMqxgTwlOeQl3wA1IIWGMaHhbpPp0IegkOm9HIHEvc2G8uWywN5OvkaVFyuIHL juZ6VSem3cd63bqpNe3ZWtWwQdjFivm+YNeQveV220eTPfTuvbz7xZq+b9WZAAUR tCtDaHJpcyBTaGVybWFuIEJyb3duaW5nIDxjYnJvd25AYXJhY25ldC5jb20+ =NxsF -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
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