From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 29 22:22:28 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA09252 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA09247 for ; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:22:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tom by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.62 #1) id 0wtRDF-0007lK-00; Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:22:17 -0700 Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:22:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: FreeBSD Mailing List cc: Rod Ebrahimi , hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium II? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, FreeBSD Mailing List wrote: ... > > Not, not quite. At the same clock rate, the PPro is faster, but the PII > > can operate at 266mhz, while the PPro maxes at 200mhz. > > You are correct there. Expandability is much better with the "next > generation." Another plus is that P2s come standard with 512K L2. PPro's come standard with 512k cache too. > Per cycle, the Pro is a better processor, but the higher frequency of > the P2 is definitely a factor. > > > > The PII runs 16-bit software better and adds MMX extensions, but for a > > > network server the PPro will still be faster. > > > > The PII/266 will be faster than a PPro/200. > > On most things. The S. E. C. cartridge is unwieldy and proprietary, and > the 266 is still a bit pricey. I may be antiquated, but I prefer the Pro. > On an unlimited budget, the PII-266 is a good choice. The PII/266 is competitive with the PPro/200 w/512k cache. In fact, when I checked, the PII/266 was cheaper... Plus, a PII/300 will be available soon. > Kevin > > Tom