Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 10:31:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: jakob@teligent.se (Jakob Alvermark) Cc: fbsdlist@federation.addy.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: K6 or 6x86 ? Message-ID: <199706171531.KAA11652@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970617165733.12367A-100000@datorn.teligent.se> from Jakob Alvermark at "Jun 17, 97 05:22:59 pm"
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In a previous message, Jakob Alvermark said: > On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Cliff Addy wrote: > > > > I've got plans to buy a new processor. I´ve done some research, and found > > > that I should get either an AMD K6 or a Cyrix 6x86. Now I have to choose. > > > That's the problem. Both of them are quite cheap and seems to be quite fast. > > > > > > I think I'm going to use an Asus motherboard, and most of the time run > > > FreeBSD-2.2.1 or 2.2.2. (Sometimes I'll be running W*ndows 95, but just > > > because I have to.) > > > > We run an entire website hosting company on Cyrix 6x86 and Supermicro > > motherboards. Run beautifully with FreeBSD and OS/2. Don't know how they > > work with win95 (don't care, either). > > Ok, thanks. Which release of FreeBSD are you using? Does it run fast? :-) I'm running 2.2.1 on it currently. I believe I had 2.1.7 on it for a while. > There are two thing I'm interested in; > 1. Is it compatible with FreeBSD. (I think that question is answered) Both of them run fine with FreeBSD. > 2. Is it fast. Which one is the fastest? (Maximum speed for minimum money) Yes. At work I have Compaq Pentium 133s. At home, I have the Cyrix P150. It's definitely faster and very cheap. > Thanks, > Jakob > > ------------------------------------------------------- > Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden > Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 > Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 > > > -- "It's always Beach Party Barbie, or Malibu Barbie.... That shit does not prepare you for the true horror of a real woman's life. Where is Single, Abused, Trailer-Park Barbie?" - Roseanne Arnold
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