Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:16:29 -0400 From: Coleman Kane <cokane@one.net> To: Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga <atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 / 550 Message-ID: <20000705111629.A10084@cokane.yi.org> In-Reply-To: <14690.56083.871132.718345@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br>; from atabraga@iqm.unicamp.br on Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:54:11AM -0400 References: <14690.56083.871132.718345@bico-de-lacre.iqm.unicamp.br>
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Yeah, I was simply referring to the k6-2 line. Of course the Athlon is better in performance and price. The guys at AMD ar no dummies, they know how to build a processor. The K7 team was made up of a good deal of Ex-digital engineers (no doubt disgruntled at Intel). I have been a rather loyal AMD customer for years, ever since I realized that my X5-133 could clock to 160Mhz with no problem and beat the socks off of a friend's P-120... I also had an AMD Am486DX2-66 that performed well in both Integer and FPU situations. I had a short run with an Intel P55C-166Mhz during the time when AMD's K5s were in short supply. The K6-2 was a godsend. Ataualpa Albert Carmo Braga had the audacity to say: > > Only more one information about performance. I works at Unicamp > university (Brazil), with computational chemistry, and a professor > make some real tests (energy and optimize calculations, for example) > and got better results for a AMD 700 (Athlon) than with a Pentium 3 > 850. Than, I think so, the Intel's imperium maybe is close to the end. > > Ata. > > > on Wednesday, 5 Jul 2000 01:05:51, Coleman Kane wrote: > > > Paul Murphy had the audacity to say: > > > > Joe Greco wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Ditto. I'm slowly but surely dumping all my Intel Pentium stuff, plus most > > > > > of my 486 or older stuff :-) I've been using the ASUS P/I-P55T2P4, the > > > > > venerable Triton II overclocker's board, which I've got a plethora of, and > > > > > some P5A's. My baseline systems are now K6/233's, ranging up to > > > > > K6-III-400's (which still seem to be faster than their K6-2 higher speed > > > > > counterparts). Only using Intel for the SMP stuff now. And on my laptop > > > > > > > > > > The cpu's are a little different. The difference being that the Cyrstal > > > 4324 is definately not anywhere near as good quality as a Sounblaster > > > AWE32. The AMD chips, for the price are better performers than the Intel > > > CPUs. You also don't want to compare speed for speed performance, try > > > upgradeability and price comparisons. Maybe a K6-2 266 is almost as fast > > > as a P55C-233MMZ for non-optimized FPU math, the P55C is about 2x the > > > price in cost. If you buy a K6-2 400 (still cheaper than a P55C 233 and > > > even a PII-300, yet kick both asses) you are getting better performance > > > for a cheaper price. If you compare the PII-400 vs. the K6-2 400, of > > > course the PII-400 will win, but they are about $130. The K6-2 400 is > > > only $40-$50 and dropping. Just wait until you can get a nice Socket A > > > board for your server with an early Duron 600 for $70 for the CPU and > > > $100 for the mobo. Beat that with intel chips? I don't think so. On > > > top of that, the Duron's will be SMP-able in the near future with the > > > AMD770. > > > > > > > Is there a particular reason for going with the AMD's over Intel? When > > > > buying computers I have always stayed with the Intel CPU's because I > > > > thought it was similar to Soundblaster vs. others: all the others say > > > > they are "Soundblaster compatible" so why not buy the real thing? > > > > > > > > [forgive me if this sounds naive but it has been a while since I have > > > > bought a NEW computer] > > > > -- > > > > Paul Murphy > > > > http://members.home.com/pnmurphy/ > > > > Home Lat: 43° 33' 29" N, Lon: 79° 39' 03" W > > > > Work Lat: 43° 25' 30" N, Lon: 79° 42' 34" W > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Coleman Kane > > > President, > > > UC Free O.S. Users Group - http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > -- Coleman Kane President, UC Free O.S. Users Group - http://pohl.ececs.uc.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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