From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 5 08:12:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id IAA09568 for hackers-outgoing; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 08:12:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from vinyl.quickweb.com (vinyl.quickweb.com [209.112.4.14]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id IAA09552 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 08:12:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@quickweb.com) Received: (from mark@localhost) by vinyl.quickweb.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id LAA22039; Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:13:22 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <19971205111322.24417@vmunix.com> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:13:22 -0500 From: Mark Mayo To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: sos@FreeBSD.dk, Satoshi Asami , Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr, 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 0.85e In-Reply-To: <28999.881323642@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:07:22AM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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. :-) Although instinct would tend to say that 233/66 would be faster, results from Tom's seem to indicate that 240/60 is actually faster.. I think they are very close though, and I think I'd rather run 233/66 than 240/60 :-) (it's a tough world, ain't it? ;-)) -Mark > > Jordan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Win95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition. -UGU