From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Nov 12 06:05:54 1996 Return-Path: owner-smp Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA26023 for smp-outgoing; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 06:05:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from charlotte.spiders.com (charlotte.spiders.com [199.224.7.188]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA26000; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 06:05:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gwh@localhost) by charlotte.spiders.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA12381; Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:08:38 -0500 Message-Id: <199611121408.JAA12381@charlotte.spiders.com> From: gwh@spiders.com (Gene W Homicki) Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 09:08:38 -0500 In-Reply-To: Andreas Klemm's message as of Nov 12, 12:26 X-Mailer: Mail User's Shell (7.2.5 10/14/92) To: Andreas Klemm , "Marc G. Fournier" Subject: Re: GigaByte GA-586DX-512 Motherboard Cc: Steve Passe , smp@FreeBSD.org, current@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-smp@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk +--- | The performance difference between PS/2 and EDO Ram's isn't so | large, that it's worth the higher price. This was the case with | single processor boards, and I think it's also true with mp boards. +--- Actually, FPM RAM is slightly MORE expensive than EDO at the moment. Parity RAM is defintely more expensive than both. Seems like comapnies are producing a lot more EDO these days so prices have come down. One good source for RAM is ChipMerchant: http://www.thechipmerchant.com/ (Careful, the CPU prices are "cash only", bu the listed RAM prices are Credit Card prices). +--- | I'd buy PS/2 RAMS with 60ns and Parity (since most mp boards support | parity checking - or am I wrong -) and would choose a 133 MHZ CPU, | because then memory and bus bandwidth are higher ! 66MHz instead of | 60 MHz. +--- All the 430HX (Triton II) boards support parity (and ECC). Most current (Pentium) baords are Triton-II, inclduing the Gigabyte 586DX-512. --Gene -- Gene W. Homicki gwh@spiders.com Objective Consulting, Inc. http://www.spiders.com/ Internet Presence Design voice: +1 914.353.3511