Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:40:42 +0200 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? Message-ID: <C1256937.002A2EAE.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>
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Hello,
Considering the latest accomplishments of AMD and the price cuts which should
happen after the week-end, AMD definitely looks like an interesting proposition.
As I have not seen one AMD-compatible chipset capable of using more that one CPU,
except perhaps the future "760" chipset from AMD itself (I certainly would like to
get one such motherboard to replace my BP6, if the price is right)
Is there also some work being done for SMP Alpha machines ?
TfH
PS : there was one "OpenAPIC" specification which should have made it possible
to build K6-based SMP boards, but none were designed
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> on 10/08/2000 03:46:10
To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG(bcc: Thierry
HERBELOT/FR/ALCATEL)
Subject: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions?
I want to upgrade my Dual-Celeron machine to a Dual-?? and haven't got a
clue which way to go ... AMD vs Intel ...
AMD is cheaper but I've been 'Intel' since I started with computers
... any drawbacks as far as SMP under FreeBSD? benefits?
if I throw cost away, are the Intel's still the better choice for a Unix
environment? I heard somehwere that AMD was great for gamers ... but what
about "real work"?
Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: Scrappy
Systems Administrator @ hub.org
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