Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 20:29:34 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: "The Hermit Hacker" <scrappy@hub.org>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? Message-ID: <004a01c00334$5b427a80$b4440ace@mark8> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0008092239250.54797-100000@thelab.hub.org>
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From: "The Hermit Hacker" <scrappy@hub.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:46 PM
Subject: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions?
>
> I want to upgrade my Dual-Celeron machine to a Dual-?? and haven't got a
> clue which way to go ... AMD vs Intel ...
>
> AMD is cheaper but I've been 'Intel' since I started with computers
> ... any drawbacks as far as SMP under FreeBSD? benefits?
>
> if I throw cost away, are the Intel's still the better choice for a Unix
> environment? I heard somehwere that AMD was great for gamers ... but what
> about "real work"?
>
I think that you have to stick with the intel solution. I went down the
non-intel road a couple of times and it never turned out to be a good thing
in the end.
I recently went in to upgrade my p2-450. I had a dream of getting an athlon
with that new fancy 133 mghz FSB and ata/66 support and all that fun stuff.
I walked out with a p3-700 on a good old 440bx asus motherboard. Yes, the
athlons were a little bit cheaper than the p3s, but then the motherboards
were more expensive. When it came time to plunk down the hard earned cash I
had to go with what I knew....(but then, I'm still running 3.4, too!)
Josh
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