Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:13:16 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy <vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> To: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> Cc: Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: the AMD factor in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104192012380.2730-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> In-Reply-To: <00d201c0c953$9e5960a0$64c8a8c0@asknet.com>
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On Thu, 19 Apr 2001, Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account) wrote: > Something we did several months ago : > > FreeBSD make buildworld 4.2 (cvsup) > Virtually identical machines, three different CPU's > Duron 700 66min > PIII 700 65min > Athlon 700 55min > > The surprising factor to me was not that the Athlon was easily the fastest > at this task (I expected that), but that the Duron performed so > exceptionally well compared to the PIII which at the time was three times > the cost! > > Regards, > > Kulraj That's true... I sure like to see where the Celeron fits in.. a Celeron 2 700 or a Celeron II 566@850. Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin > > > I don't know if the DURON is faster when overclocked, I personally stay > > away from > > > overclocking, I don't need it. > > > > I doubt if the Duron is faster overclocked or underclocked. It's just the > > Thunderbird with less cache. Less cache != faster (at the same cache > speed) > > as far as I've ever known. > > > > > The only differences between the Athlon and the Duron is on chip cache, > > and speeds > > > of the front side bus, if I am not mistaken. > > > > > > Athlons have larger L2 Cache I believe than the Durons, > > > > That is the only difference. > > > > > and are available with up to a 200MHZ bus. > > > > They both have a 200mhz bus. Not up to, but 200mhz. > > > > The FSB is 100 or 133 in both. (Not talking about DDR and new boards) > > > > Just say it this way, "Duron is a Thunderbird with less cache". > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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