From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 24 11:07:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29977 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:07:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (root@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA29959 for ; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 11:07:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Received: from duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us [207.160.214.9]) by duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA09135; Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:06:41 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us) Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:06:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon X-Sender: cdillon@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us To: steven wesley wilson cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: Supported Hardware in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, steven wesley wilson wrote: > Thanks for responding, I'm interested in the Celeron because it is a cheap > alternative. I realize it has not L2 cache, but through overclocking I > understand you can drive the processer at close to p2 350 performance. If > this is the case(I know people who are doing it), I thought I'ld save a > few bucks. Any thoughts. > > > Anyway, is there any particlar reason you want a Celeron processor? > > Those have no L2 cache, and performance can suffer badly. The Celeron > > was meant to be bought by people who had no idea what it was missing. > It is true that you can overclock a Celeron processor more reliably than you can a standard Pentium II, since the cache is usually what prevents it. However, that Celeron overclocked to 350 probably wouldn't perform as well as a PentiumII at 300 in most applications. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (http://www.freebsd.org) */ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message