From owner-freebsd-smp Fri Oct 25 09:44:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-smp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA01534 for smp-outgoing; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:44:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA01528 for ; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 09:44:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id KAA15885; Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:44:01 -0600 Message-Id: <199610251644.KAA15885@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 From: Steve Passe To: "Eric J. Chet" cc: "Marc G. Fournier" , smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations... In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:55:28 EDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:44:00 -0600 Sender: owner-smp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, > Dual P6s are not cost effective right now. You can get >a dual P5, with adaptec 2490UW SCSI onboard, Triton-II, 512K >pipeline burst cache mainboard for $350. It's a GigaByte >GA-586DX-512. I believe one of the SMP developers is using this >mainboard. Check out http://www.atipa.com for a reseller. This >board with two P5-133 would make a nice development system. This would be me. I am quite happy with it, its rock solid. If you go the dual P5 route, this is the board to get. I tried overclocking the 133's to 166, but I evidently have some of the newer CPUs that refuse to overclock...bummer! A single P6-166 would be a faster system, at least currently. A dual P6 would be very nice. But beware, for most things the SMP kernel can actually be slower than using a single CPU. I hope that we will change this situation SOON! -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD