From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 27 11:03:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA03382 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:03:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from joshua.sns.org (root@joshua.sns.org [207.219.216.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA03268 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:02:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dan@sns.org) Received: from quacker.wwonline.com (slick16.wwonline.com [206.186.23.145]) by joshua.sns.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id OAA27338 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:02:50 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19980427140130.00870bf0@joshua.sns.org> X-Sender: dan@joshua.sns.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 14:01:30 -0400 To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Dan Subject: Hardware Concerns. Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi! I am working on some specs for a machine I am going to build, and I have been unable to resolve the following 3 concerns. I would really appreciate some input from others who may have stumbled across similar issues. 1) The system will never be used for X or any other graphical application, I would like to keep costs down by using a very basic VGA card. Is there a major difference in system performance if I used a ISA card instead of a PCI card? Is there a minimum specification that should be observed? 2) When selecting RAM, does parity vs. non-parity memory affect the system in any way (stability, performance, etc.)? 3) What differnces exist between MMX and non-MMX CPU's of the same speed (with regards to FreeBSD)? Which is prefered? Thanks! Dan dan@sns.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message