Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 02:05:09 -0700 (PDT) From: sos@FreeBSD.ORG To: freebsd@atipa.com (Atipa) Cc: rotel@indigo.ie, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPro vs PII Message-ID: <199806290905.CAA06728@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980628203701.5661A-100000@altrox.atipa.com> from Atipa at "Jun 28, 98 08:38:52 pm"
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In reply to Atipa who wrote:
>
> The P2 will smoke it. Better yet, go up to 350 or 400MHz, then you can
> utilize 100MHz system bus.
> Since the P2 has DIB (dual independent bus) for the L2 cache, higher clock
> rates, and much faster DRAM access, you'll definitely notice the
> difference. Pros are at the end of their lifecycle, and will be hard to
> support.
Yeah, but the P6 runs its cache at full CPU speed the P2 doesn't, that
hurts the P2 in SMP systems. In fact the 2x300P2 I've seen compares
badly to my 2x200P6 system, and they cost alot more. P6 systems
are a real bargain at the moment, as long as stocks last...
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Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team
So much code to hack -- so little time.
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