From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 11 15:29:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA03434 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:29:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gamespot.com (ns2.gamespot.com [206.169.18.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id PAA03429 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:29:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ian@gamespot.com) Received: from tiramisu.gamespot.com (tiramisu.gamespot.com [206.169.18.119]) by gamespot.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA01908 for ; Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:29:29 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.3.32.19971111153129.015be3d0@mail.gamespot.com> X-Sender: ian@mail.gamespot.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:31:29 -0800 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Ian Kallen Subject: pentium pro vs. pentium II Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yea I checked the archives: I've surmised that they both work but I kind find anything in the archive, handbook or faq that lays out how much benefit is gained by using either over a regular old pentium. I've some number crunching/file parsing duties that I need accelerated but I have to decide on my upgrade path: II or Pro? thanks, -Ian -- "When a sysadmin does a good job of ensuring that nothing goes wrong, invisibility is the result and people question the sysadmin's importance. On days when nothing goes right and the sysadmin must respond to technical crisis after technical crisis, people question the sysadmin's competence." -- Steven Levine