Date: Sat, 14 Sep 1996 23:21:07 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> To: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> Cc: FreeBSD-smp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Caching Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.95.960914231319.23776A-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> In-Reply-To: <199609142349.RAA06853@clem.systemsix.com>
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On Sat, 14 Sep 1996, Steve Passe wrote: > Hi, > > I said: > >I would NOT get a dual p6 with the orion chipset, which most still use. > >does anyone know whats available with the newer natoma? > > browsing another list I just saw that Tyan have 2 PPro/natoma boards available: > > http://www.tyan.com/s1662.htm (baby AT) > http://www.tyan.com/s1668.htm (ATX) > > The ATX would be my choice if all others things were equal. According to what I read from Michael's posting (between yours and Michael's, it's been real helpful) then I ought to consider maybe a slower PPro, rather than a faster Pentium, on the theory that I could upgrade. This sounds reasonable. The reason I wanted to go into cache, I consider that in an smp environment, contention for the memory bus might be somewhat more strained, which might mean that cache was much more important. I was indeed already looking at the Tyan product, both because of the chipset, and because I already have a Tomcat in my other machine. OK, I'm happy, time to find out who's got the best prices, thanks for the assist. BTW, I have using the names (Orion, Natoma, whatever), I like the numbers. Tyan is asking folks about getting the last of their 430 based boards, because they say Intel isn't going to make the 430 series anymore. I haven't seen anything real using the 450K/G X yet, so I guess everthing is going to be 440. If Tyan is to be believed, that is. > > -- > Steve Passe | powered by > smp@csn.net | FreeBSD > > ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@eng.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 9120 Edmonston Ct #302 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and n3lxx, both FreeBSD (301) 220-2114 | version 2.2 current -- and great FUN! ----------------------------+-----------------------------------------------
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