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Date:      Tue, 09 Feb 1999 18:44:03 +0100
From:      HERBELOT Thierry <Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr>
To:        Kevin Van Maren <vanmaren@fast.cs.utah.edu>
Cc:        smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Mixing P2 Types
Message-ID:  <36C073E3.F2B82050@telspace.alcatel.fr>
References:  <199902091713.KAA17064@fast.cs.utah.edu>

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Kevin Van Maren wrote:
> 
[Snip]

> It it wasn't for the multiplier locking on the newer P-IIs,
> I'd tell you to get a 350 (or faster) CPU and the P2B-DS, and
> run the 350 at 266 until you upgraded to a second 350.  The
> faster bus makes a bigger difference under SMP due to increased
> usage of the shared bus, and the 350 isn't much more than the 333.
> Maybe getting two 350s isn't too far out of reach?

There is a big price difference between a P2LDS and a P2BDS, and I could
find a second-hand P2-266 (then much cheaper than a P2-333 or a P2-350).

(anyway, it's only for my personnal use, so utmost performance is NOT
the driving factor)

	TfH

> 
> Kevin

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