Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 21:23:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, gljohns@bellsouth.net Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: AMD and Cyrix chips Message-ID: <199710040123.VAA07590@sabre.goldsword.com>
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On Thu, 02 Oct 1997 22:54:32 -0500 Glenn Johnson said: >I am planning on replacing my AMD K5-75 chip with either an AMD K6-166 or a >Cyrix 6x86MX P200 running at 166 MHz. Does anyone have any recommendations on >which one I should upgrade to? I know there were some problems with the K6 >that seem to have been resolved. Are there any issues with the Cyrix chip? >Thanks. It's a bit early to declare it solved, but it appears that AMD did indeed find the problem in the K6 and more recent chips are operating fine under FreeBSD. Several people with new, corrected, chips have reported to be able to "make worlds" all day long... Next week I'm probably going to order a K6 to do back-to-back testing against a Cyrix 6x86MX chip. John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting
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