Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 16:01:11 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: Dayton Clark <dayton@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: QuadPro Motherboard Message-ID: <199609252201.QAA21840@clem.systemsix.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 25 Sep 1996 10:49:00 EDT." <199609251449.KAA17618@robeson.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
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Hi, Dayton Clark said: > We've got an attractive quote on 4CPU systems with QuadPro > motherboards which use the Orion chipset. I plan to try Freebsd-SMP > on one of them, at least for awhile. Questions: > > o I know the Orion chipset has a bad rap. Does the B0 release fix > the problems? I/O bandwidth is not a major concern for our > applications but interprocessor communication is. Putting aside > the 4MB/sec I/O limit, are the chipset OK? looking at the Intel website you'd think the 450GX/450KX were new generation chips without any problems: http://www.intel.com/design/pcisets/PRODBREF/PCI_PPRO.HTM Rod (or anyone else), is this improved silicon, or the old Orion chipset with new hype? > o Any comments/experience/suggestions regarding QuadPro motherboards > in general? do you have a URL to their site? > o I've been searching Intel web site for their comments on the Orion > chipset. Where are they located? 1: (above reference) 2: http://www.intel.com/design/pcisets/INDEX.HTM#A8 3: http://www.intel.com/product/general/450gx.HTM 4: http://www.intel.com/product/general/450kx.HTM If anybody has URLs for the datasheets for the 450xx line please let me know. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSDhelp
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