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. - ----( Adam Strohl )------------------------------------------------ - - UNIX Operations/Systems http://www.digitalspark.net - - adams (at) digitalspark.net xxx.xxx.xxxx xxxxx - - ----------------------------------------( DigitalSpark.NET )------- - 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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