Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 23:53:05 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: opsys@mail.webspan.net (Open Systems Networking) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180 Message-ID: <199711070453.XAA00503@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.971106225053.22079A-100000@orion.webspan.net> from Open Systems Networking at "Nov 6, 97 10:56:11 pm"
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Open Systems Networking said: > > BTW whats the scoop on the Pentium II's, I hear there not as good at > performing as the Pro's. Just gossip i hear nothing factual. > Most of the info that I have heard is that a P-II/233 is more often faster than a P6/200MHz than the other way around. I think that alot of techies like myself are unhappy about the 1/2 speed cache of the P-II. Also, alot of people are disappointed about the lack of future support of Socket-8 and the almost gratuitious change (except for marketing reasons) to Slot-1. For my apps, a P-II is roughly equiv to a P6, and not enough of an upgrade to be worthwile. In fact, for some apps (that can use phys mem > 512M), a P-II is a terrible choice, because it cannot cache >512M of memory. For the price, if you can find one and the associated MB, a low-end P6 is a very good deal. -- John dyson@freebsd.org jdyson@nc.com
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