From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 06:04:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id GAA27799 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:04:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from shale.csir.co.za (shale.csir.co.za [146.64.46.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id GAA27777 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 06:04:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from reg@shale.csir.co.za) Received: (from reg@localhost) by shale.csir.co.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28373; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:53:04 +0200 (SAT) (envelope-from reg) Message-ID: <19971205155304.08580@csir.co.za> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 15:53:04 +0200 From: Jeremy Lea To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: sos@FreeBSD.dk, Satoshi Asami , Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr, mark@vmunix.com, grog@lemis.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? References: <199712051201.NAA08233@sos.freebsd.dk> <28999.881323642@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <28999.881323642@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:07:22AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, On Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:07:22AM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Actually both 3.5 & 4 works on both my P6's :), it wont run 266Mhz though > > but 240Mhz (4*60) works just fine ... > > I wonder which is actually faster in practice. 233/66 or 240/60. :-) On my P5-166: 225/75... couldn't get it to run with a 83MHz bus. This is an Asus TX97-E board. Very nice piece of hardware for the quality concious low-end user. See http://www.tomshardware.com/ (was http://sysdoc.pair.com/) for a really good write-up on overclocking and bus speeds. -Jeremy -- .sig.gz