Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2000 09:34:28 -0500 From: "Lee E. Hinman Ph.D." <hinman@networkcs.com> To: wonko@entropy.tmok.com Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Celeron Question Message-ID: <20000606093428.A22349@us.networkcs.com> In-Reply-To: <200006051317.JAA87525@entropy.tmok.com>; from wonko@users.tmok.com on Mon, Jun 05, 2000 at 09:17:22AM -0400 References: <200006051317.JAA87525@entropy.tmok.com>
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On 06/05, Brian Hechinger wrote: > i've held the celeron in very low respect, i just don't like what it is (keep > in mind i'm a long time sun guy so i tend to have a problem with x86 in general) > and i have noticed that under WinNT/98 it tends to be rather unstable. for > example. we have a couple Celeron based laptops at work, and running both 98 > and NT they would crash constantly. our internal systems guy put 2000 on these > laptops and POOF, stable as a rock. so my question is, obviously some kernel > tuning was done on 2000 to make it work well with the celeron. maybe the > celeron has a hangup or two with certain bits of the current x86 instruction > set, i don't know, but anyway, back to the question.... what is the current > status of FreeBSD on the Celeron? i'd like to throw together some low cost, > moderately powerful FreeBSD boxes, and the Celeron looks like it would fit > the bill, as long as it is stable, otherwise i'll look to the Athlon, or worst > case, K6-II, although a slot2/370 combo motherboard so i can upgrade to full > strength Pentium IIIs when the time comes is an attractive deal. (the time > being after the Pentium VII has been released and the IIIs are dirt cheap) > > thanks, > > -brian > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message End included message from Brian Hechinger I had a Celeron 300A that was overclocked to 450 that was rock solid stable, up time of over 3 months. It only went down for OS upgrades and FreeBSD worked great on it. Having said that I now have an Athlon 700, and it has been just as stable. As long as you get a power supply that can feed the Athlon they run great and I don't think you can find a better price/performance ratio, espicially with the release of the TBird with should cut the price on the classic Athlons. Lee -- Lee E. Hinman hinman@networkcs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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