Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 16:12:03 +0200 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cc: freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which is the better deal Message-ID: <3976.845302323@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 14 Oct 1996 10:00:48 EDT." <Pine.OSF.3.95.961014095643.1731B-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu>
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In message <Pine.OSF.3.95.961014095643.1731B-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu>, Chuc k Robey writes: >I have two options available to me, in getting the twin cpus for a Pentium >Pro smp board. I can't afford the price of 200MHz cpus, they gone past >$900 each, but I can get either: > >166 MHz with 512 K Cache or >180 MHz with 256 K Cache > >I intend this for FreeBSD only, don't bother about things like MS >software. I can get either for less than $550 each, what's your guys >feelings about which might be better? > >BTW, this would be on a 64MB system, with 4 GB of scsi disk. I'd take the 512K cache any time. The PP seems so cache starved to me that I have decided never to by a 256k version for my own money. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.
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