Date: Thu, 16 Nov 95 01:06:27 -0800 From: "Amancio Hasty, Jr." <hasty@rah.star-gate.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux --(was re: Yikes!!! New 200Mhz Intel P6 Benchmarks Message-ID: <199511160906.BAA01585@rah.star-gate.com>
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glew@ichips.intel.com (Andy Glew) wrote: > Now, what I like to see is a FreeBSD box or Linux Box running on > a Pentium Pro 8) > >Can I get in trouble for saying this? > >I'm posting this from a Pentium(r) Pro Processor based system running >FreeBSD. It's my primary desktop computer. > >It's not the fastest P6 around, but it is the fastest computer I have >ever had on my desktop. > >I keep crying out "God, I *love* this!" every time I realize that the >P6 is fast enough to run some software feature that I tried a while >back, and found too slow to tolerate. (I have a very low tolerance for >features that slow down performance.) > >I keep running impromptu benchmarks on little things I do regularly - >sorts, perl scripts, compilations, news. Many of these show speedups >(over P5, or other CPUs) significantly *better* than the published >SPEC and other benchmark results for P6. > I.e. P6 is disproportionately faster on many of the things that >most annoy me. P6 delivers performance to more than just special case >benchmarks. > I'm somewhat constrained from posting such ad-hoc benchmark >results, but I hope that others will post such results, as soon as >they have access to P6 systems. > >In fact, the only thing I'm really annoyed about is my very slow, old, >EtherExpress 16 card. > The trouble about building a compatible system is that it is >compatible with old I/O cards, and you can't always justify buying a >new one. > >"God, I *love* this!" > > > > >-- > >Andy "Krazy" Glew, glew@ichips.intel.com, Intel, >M/S JF1-19, 5200 NE Elam Young Pkwy, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124-6497. >Place URGENT in email subject line for mail filter prioritization. >DISCLAIMER: private posting, not representative of employer. > >We're looking for a few good microarchitects for our research labs. > news:GLEW.95Nov13234221@pdx910.intel.com -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046 Fax: 415-495-3046 Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com Powered by FreeBSD
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