From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Dec 4 16:20:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA18040 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:20:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from isbalham.ist.co.uk (isbalham.ist.co.uk [192.31.26.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA18035 for ; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 16:20:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rb@gid.co.uk) Received: from gid.co.uk (uucp@localhost) by isbalham.ist.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.4) with UUCP id AAA15818; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:19:12 GMT Received: from [194.32.164.2] by seagoon.gid.co.uk; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:11:50 GMT X-Sender: rb@194.32.164.1 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <19971204134739.07060@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 00:10:48 +0000 To: Greg Lehey From: Bob Bishop Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? Cc: FreeBSD Hackers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, At 5:47 am +0000 4/12/97, Greg Lehey wrote: >... Cyrix ... I'd appreciate any comments you might have. I've heard of problems but never seen any (even running at extended temperatures due to fan failure). OTOH the AMD K6 is pretty good too. >Also, any ideas on suitable motherboards? We've got 10+ systems running Cyrix or AMD on QDI Titaniums. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK