Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:03:54 -0700 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: "David Alderman" <dave@persprog.com> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard & ChipSet pointers? Message-ID: <199701150003.RAA28979@clem.systemsix.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:51:11 %2B0500." <199701142251.RAA02714@persprog.com>
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> On 14 Jan 97 at 15:07, Steve Passe proclaimed:
>
> >
> > EISA should be avoided for SMP/technical reasons (which I have gone into
> > in detail in the past). I highly recommend the Gigabyte GA586DX if
> > you want a P5 system. P6 is an unknown to me.
>
> Unfortunately that would have been my next question, namely:
> Wouldn't P6's be better for multiprocessing than Pentiums?
yes, they would.
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> Also, which would be more cost-effective, a dual Pentium 166 (since
> 200's are NOT cost effective) or a single Pentium Pro 200?
perhaps a dual P6-150, P6-150s being $100 LESS than P5-166s:
Intel Pentium Pro 200 256K $697
Intel Pentium Pro 180 256K $519
Intel Pentium Pro 150 256K $287 <<<
Intel Pentium 200 $504
Intel Pentium 166 $384 <<<
Intel Pentium 133 $199
given the overall price of a complete system I would go for a dual P6-200/256
if I were buying today.
697-384=313, 313x2=616, $600 difference between dual P5-166 and dual P6-200
(+ maybe $150 diff in motherboards). Considering an overall system cost of
$3000-$4000, you would get ALOT more bang for that extra $750.
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