Date: Mon, 18 Dec 1995 20:28:35 +0100 (MET) From: Thomas Graichen <graichen@omega.physik.fu-berlin.de> To: alan@trickler.uu.silcom.com (Alan D. Trombla) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrade - CPU, clock? Message-ID: <199512181928.UAA00702@mordillo> In-Reply-To: <199512180619.WAA28895@trickler.uu.silcom.com> from "Alan D. Trombla" at Dec 17, 95 10:19:55 pm
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> OK,
> Much thanks to everyone that offered help with this. The consensus
> seems to be that a processor upgrade to an Intel 486DX4/100 is the
> best that I can do with this motherboard. I have just one more
> question: What do people think about the Pentium 83MHz processor?
> This seems to run about $100 more than the DX4; is it worth it?
> (FYI: I am concerned mostly with FP performance; my IO/VM system
> is plenty fast for my purposes.)
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i think for fp perforamce the pentium might be the better choice (my
experience - a 90 mhz pentium is faster than a 100 mhz 486 using fp
and around equal for compiling - ok - a bit faster :-)
t
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