From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Oct 3 10:02:46 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA27921 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 10:02:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (mexico.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA27898 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 10:02:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (brasil.brainstorm.fr [193.56.58.33]) by mexico.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA13528 for ; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 19:01:47 +0200 Received: (from uucp@localhost) by brasil.brainstorm.eu.org (8.8.6/brasil-1.2) with UUCP id TAA22797 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 19:01:33 +0200 Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.7/keltia-2.10/nospam) id SAA08689; Fri, 3 Oct 1997 18:59:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19971003185946.48439@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 18:59:46 +0200 From: Ollivier Robert To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD and Cyrix chips References: <199710030354.WAA02394@gforce.bellsouth.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.84 In-Reply-To: ; from Alex.Boisvert on Fri, Oct 03, 1997 at 07:36:25AM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Alex.Boisvert: > I run a few systems here with a IBM/Cyrix 6x86L P200+. The Cyrix P200+, > when run at 2x75 MHz is *very* fast but, with a data bus speed of 75 MHz > it's very picky about which memory/cards work well. You'll want to have > SDRAM at this speed and maybe avoid early Adaptec 2940 PCI controllers It really depends on the motherboard... My ASUS T2P4 is happily running at 83 MHz and all PCI cards (Millenium, PCI-875 & SC-200) have no problem with it. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: There are no limits -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #35: Sun Sep 21 19:28:07 CEST 1997