From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 14 16:12:07 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id QAA18217 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:12:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from who.cdrom.com (who.cdrom.com [204.216.27.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id QAA18168 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:12:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from clem.systemsix.com (clem.systemsix.com [198.99.86.131]) by who.cdrom.com (8.7.5/8.6.11) with SMTP id QAA27185 for ; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 16:11:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by clem.systemsix.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id RAA28979; Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:03:54 -0700 Message-Id: <199701150003.RAA28979@clem.systemsix.com> X-Authentication-Warning: clem.systemsix.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.5 12/11/95 From: Steve Passe To: "David Alderman" cc: hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Motherboard & ChipSet pointers? In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:51:11 +0500." <199701142251.RAA02714@persprog.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 17:03:54 -0700 Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > 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. --- > 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. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzHe7tEAAAEEAM274wAEEdP+grIrV6UtBt54FB5ufifFRA5ujzflrvlF8aoE 04it5BsUPFi3jJLfvOQeydbegexspPXL6kUejYt2OeptHuroIVW5+y2M2naTwqtX WVGeBP6s2q/fPPAS+g+sNZCpVBTbuinKa/C4Q6HJ++M9AyzIq5EuvO0a8Rr9AAUR tBlTdGV2ZSBQYXNzZSA8c21wQGNzbi5uZXQ+ =ds99 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----