From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 01:45:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA07824 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 01:45:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from itesec.hsc.fr (root@itesec.hsc.fr [192.70.106.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA07817 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 01:45:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from pb@hsc.fr) Received: from mars.hsc.fr (pb@mars.hsc.fr [192.70.106.44]) by itesec.hsc.fr (8.8.8/8.8.5/itesec-1.10-nospam) with ESMTP id KAA27403; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:43:39 +0100 (MET) Received: (from pb@localhost) by mars.hsc.fr (8.8.5/8.8.5/pb-19970301) id KAA03583; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:43:35 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19971205104335.KF17057@mars.hsc.fr> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:43:35 +0100 From: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) To: mark@vmunix.com (Mark Mayo) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.dk, grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? References: <19971204134739.07060@lemis.com> <199712040735.IAA04646@sos.freebsd.dk> <19971204134503.49496@vmunix.com> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.59.1e Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19971204134503.49496@vmunix.com>; from Mark Mayo on Dec 4, 1997 13:45:03 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Mark Mayo: > I'd agree with Soren though - the Pentium Pro 180's are a real bargain > right now. I know they're about $325 CAN (~$230 US). Plus, you can > safely overclock them to 200, or even 233 or 240 if you're lucky - Intel > is having high yields these days, According to Tom's hardware guide, it looks like Intel wants to put an end to overclocking (and re-marked processors): their now disable the frequency multiplier pins, preventing you from overclocking the processor (their yields are so good most of their parts come out with the highest speeds, while there's still a market for lower speed parts...). -- Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr