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Date:      Thu, 4 Nov 1999 21:26:34 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Adam Strohl <adams@digitalspark.net>
To:        "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
Cc:        Darryl Okahata <darrylo@sr.hp.com>, freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9911042124140.1306-100000@nightfall.digitalspark.net>
In-Reply-To: <XFMail.991105123932.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>

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In the real world the 1/2 the cache at 2x the speed makes all of JACK
in performance difference from the "real" PIIs.  It rocks.

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On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> 
> On 05-Nov-99 Darryl Okahata wrote:
> >       These days, I'm not sure dual Celerons make sense.  Unless you
> >  overclock (which I don't recommend, for all the usual reasons), you're
> >  only saving, oh, US$200-$230 compared to a comparable Pentium II-based
> >  system.  Also, because of the small 128K L2 cache and the 66MHz bus (no
> >  overclocking, remember?), dual Celerons aren't as fast as dual P2s.
> 
> *Only* US$200-$300?
> 
> Sure the cache thing sucks ass, but if you are building a workstation on the
> cheap then they're ideal..
> 
> I personally wouldn't mind saving US$250 :)
> 
> ---
> Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer
> for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au
> "The nice thing about standards is that there
> are so many of them to choose from."
>   -- Andrew Tanenbaum
> 
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