From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 9 22:53:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA17383 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:53:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA17378 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:53:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id WAA15450; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:53:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA28402; Wed, 9 Apr 1997 22:52:57 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199704100552.WAA28402@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Michael Smith cc: Anthony.Kimball@east.sun.com, smp@csn.net, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? In-reply-to: Your message of Thu, 10 Apr 97 10:29:33 +0930. <199704100059.KAA28539@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Date: Wed, 09 Apr 1997 22:52:56 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Tony Kimball stands accused of saying: >> Quoth Steve Passe on Wed, 9 April: [...] >> cache or random uncached locations, SDRAM is a wash. For my own >> typical applications, the REAL WORLD performance of SDRAM is >> substantially better than FPM/EDO/BEDO. >Hmm, we don't see this. I would call anything that deals with the output [...] I would also caution against lumping BEDO in there with FPM and EDO. If you can believe Micron (the largest US RAM producer), BEDO has just as much potential as SDRAM, and isn't as radically different of a design. Have you actually tested your hardware with BEDO? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------