From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 01:54:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA08704 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 01:54:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [195.8.129.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id BAA08697 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 01:54:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA07935; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:54:39 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199712050954.KAA07935@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? In-Reply-To: <19971205104335.KF17057@mars.hsc.fr> from Pierre Beyssac at "Dec 5, 97 10:43:35 am" To: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr (Pierre Beyssac) Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 10:54:33 +0100 (MET) Cc: mark@vmunix.com, sos@FreeBSD.dk, grog@lemis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.dk X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL30 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Pierre Beyssac who wrote: > 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...). Ha, that wont work on the P6/180, as you just up the bus freq. from 60 to 66 Mhz to get a 200 :), so unless the mess up the pll in the multiplier so it only works within significantly less than 10% of the rated speed.... (and that might be tricky)... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end ..