Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 09:39:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: mark@quickweb.com, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: P6 200 performance Message-ID: <199609261339.JAA11199@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <52ct7q$1fbr@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write:
>On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Christoph Kukulies wrote:
>>
>> I want to persuade my professor to spend in a P6/200.
>> What is the performance gain over a P5/166?
>>
>> --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
>>
>I don't have numbers around (I'm not a number person..) but I'd say a
>decent P6/200 system is about twice as fast as a P5/166. I base this on
>rough SpecINT95/SpecFP95 results I've seen (go to www.intel.com for exact
>figures) and on personal experience. I have a P6/200, and I'm still
>amazed everyday at how fast the thing is. It's the first PC I've seen that
>I would consider a "workstation". I get sub 4 minute kernel builds,
>blazing X-Performance, etc.. etc.. I've never been so happy with a
>computer! :-)
Now how did you get a sub4 minute build? All mine check in at 4.5 :(
-Crh
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Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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