From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu May 16 15:45:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA11929 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 15:45:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from haldjas.folklore.ee (Haldjas.folklore.ee [193.40.6.121]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA11920 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 15:45:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from narvi@localhost) by haldjas.folklore.ee (8.6.12/8.6.12) id BAA28693; Fri, 17 May 1996 01:50:43 +0300 Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 01:50:42 +0300 (EET DST) From: Narvi To: Terry Lambert cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: EDO & Memory latency In-Reply-To: <199605162022.NAA17795@phaeton.artisoft.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 16 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > PCI can't run faster than 33 -- on a 75, that means 25. > > > > I feel I can't argue against this - though why aren't they running it > > at some other speed than 1/2 of external and not 33/50 of it? I hate > > Pentium 75-s which lose to 486DX-80s in one of the components of graphics > > winmark... (everything else was exactly the same) :-( > > Use P100's (actualy P99's) and run the full 33, and you won't be > unhappy. > > Since Intel started dumping Pentiums at 1/2 price, can you even get > 486's any more except buying out distressed warehouse inventory? > > Don't know - I just upgraded my computer, that's why I can say for sure that everything but the motherboard and processor remained the same... And I do hold that a *decent* chipset should hold the PCI speed at max (33 MHz) in case the bus speed is higher than 33 MHz. But there aren't many like these out there, I guess. > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > Sander