Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 20:29:41 +0100 From: "Pierre Y. Dampure" <pierre.dampure@k2c.co.uk> To: "Dan Ts'o" <dan@dna.rockefeller.edu> Cc: "Eric J. Schwertfeger" <ejs@bfd.com>, wwoods@cybcon.com, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual processor ? Message-ID: <36113525.C5715FE8@k2c.co.uk> References: <199809291847.OAA00690@dna.rockefeller.edu>
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Dan Ts'o wrote: > > > Got a chance to buy this system. What ya think, how well would FreeBSD > > > perform on this as compared to a Single P200 chip with the rest of the > > > hardware the same ? I would run -current elf with SMP. > > > > > > Mid-tower case, 7 bay > > > Dual socket 8 motherboard, Ultra-wide onboard SCSI, onboard 10/100 > > > NIC > > > 2 Pentium Pro 150 cpu's > > > 32 meg RAM > > > Fujitsu 1 Gig Fast WIDE scsi HD > > > keyboard, floppy, video > > > NT 4.0 server > > > > hmmmm... Not bad. I can't remember who, but I know someone selling > > similar (probably same) MB, 2 PPro 166s (the ones with 512K cache) and > > 64MB ram for about $400. Or at least was, about 6 weeks ago. > > > > Case, HD and NT 4.0 server isn't worth $95 + 32MB ram, smaller cache, > > slower CPU to me, at least. > > Remember that most P6-166/512K's can be easily pushed to run at > 200Mhz (I'm batting 1000, 4 of 4), whereas the P6-150 generally cannot be > pushed to 200Mhz. > P6-166/512K chips are readily available for $100 or less each and > dual P6 mobo's for $100 or less. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message I would also add that the PPros can be upgraded to Pentium II Overdrive 300 or 333 (depending on the original speed). This seems to be little known, and Intel didn't exactly play it loud (announcement is on http://www.intel.com/overdrive, dated August 10th). The chip sells here for around £330, I'm planning to get two; it has 32Kb L1 and 512Kb L2. Best Regards, Pierre Y. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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