From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Aug 14 9:56:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail2.wmptl.com (mail2.wmptl.com [216.221.73.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD85337B9DF for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 09:56:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com) Received: from wmptl.com ([10.0.0.168]) by mail2.wmptl.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA24015; Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:54:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from webmaster@wmptl.com) Message-ID: <39982435.18498D4F@wmptl.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 12:54:13 -0400 From: Nathan Vidican X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Josh Paetzel Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? References: <004a01c00334$5b427a80$b4440ace@mark8> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Josh Paetzel wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "The Hermit Hacker" > To: > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:46 PM > Subject: Dual-Athlon vs Dual-PIII ... opinions? > > > > > I want to upgrade my Dual-Celeron machine to a Dual-?? and haven't got a > > clue which way to go ... AMD vs Intel ... > > > > AMD is cheaper but I've been 'Intel' since I started with computers > > ... any drawbacks as far as SMP under FreeBSD? benefits? > > > > if I throw cost away, are the Intel's still the better choice for a Unix > > environment? I heard somehwere that AMD was great for gamers ... but what > > about "real work"? > > > > I think that you have to stick with the intel solution. I went down the > non-intel road a couple of times and it never turned out to be a good thing > in the end. > > I recently went in to upgrade my p2-450. I had a dream of getting an athlon > with that new fancy 133 mghz FSB and ata/66 support and all that fun stuff. > I walked out with a p3-700 on a good old 440bx asus motherboard. Yes, the > athlons were a little bit cheaper than the p3s, but then the motherboards > were more expensive. When it came time to plunk down the hard earned cash I > had to go with what I knew....(but then, I'm still running 3.4, too!) > > Josh > "Legacy Man" > > > Marc G. Fournier ICQ#7615664 IRC Nick: > Scrappy > > Systems Administrator @ hub.org > > primary: scrappy@hub.org secondary: > scrappy@{freebsd|postgresql}.org > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Athlons run a 200mhz FSB, NOT A 133mhz FSB - that'd be your Intel PIII's bus speed, and only at certain clock frequencies at that. Not to mention the full-speed cache that the Athlon offers. I'd bet than an AMD Athlon 700mhz CPU running in a similar configuration on an Asus K7M/K7V mainboard would out-perform your PIII at 700mhz running on an Asus 440bx based board. -- Nathan Vidican webmaster@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message