Date: Thu, 01 May 1997 14:29:25 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@bazzle.com> Cc: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@freefall.freebsd.org>, msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, macgyver@db-net.com, Don@PartsNow.com, hackers@freebsd.org, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 7860 Message-ID: <199705012029.OAA08130@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 01 May 1997 15:59:31 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.970501154358.2289A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com>
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Hi, > > what's the skinny on this board. i am looking to get into > > the smp fray and need a new mobo. > > jmb > > > > Hello > Steve turned me on to this board, It's what we use for > FreeBSD-SMP. It's a rock solid 430HX board with an onboard 7880 and > 512k of pipeline burst cache. Performance is very good. The only down > side to this board is it has a ATX form factor but requires a AT > power supply. I believe we are talking about the GA586DX here. I am told that gigabyte is now shipping a new version that uses the ATX PS connector. If buying this board be sure to verify that your vendor will be supplying you with the new version. I haven't seen the original mail (from jmb) yet, but as to the issue of a good SMP mb, I recommend going with the P6 at this point in time. Gigabyte 686DX Dual Pentium Pro ATX $ 365 Intel Pentium Pro 166 512K $ 490 Intel Pentium Pro 166 512K $ 490 ---- $1345 Gigabyte GA-586DX-512 Dual Pentium $315 Intel Pentium 166 $215 Intel Pentium 166 $215 ---- $745 $1345 - $ 745 $ 600 so you have about $600 difference, but for a system that will probably cost you $3000+ this isn't that much more. And this will give you a box thats about TWICE as FAST!!! And you could save a few $hundred by going with the 256k cache versions: Pro 150 256K $199, actually CHEAPER than the P5x166 (but avoid 150mHz, means a bus speed of 60mHz vs 66mHz for 166mHz). This makes the difference almost nil, (but I really recommend the 512k cache). You *probably* could overclock 150s to 166, I have been overclocking my P6-166x512s to 200mHz for almost a month now without any sign of trouble. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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