Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:40:06 -0600 From: Andrew Hesford <ajh3@chmod.ath.cx> To: Linh Pham <lplist@closedsrc.org> Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pentuim vs alpha vs amd Message-ID: <20010322194006.B10189@cec.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221548040.20545-100000@q.closedsrc.org>; from lplist@closedsrc.org on Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:53:24PM -0800 References: <3ABA8C34.34483FCE@home.com> <Pine.BSF.4.33.0103221548040.20545-100000@q.closedsrc.org>
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Does anybody have any idea how much a new well-equiped Alpha workstation costs? I'd die to have one. I'm thinking they can't be more than a Sun, at $11K/box. In addition, I've heard from people that Compaq has really let the Alpha line die on its own. I'm in no position to determine if this is true or not, but I sure don't see many Alpha products in their online catalog. Is it true that Compaq is beginning to move away from the Alpha? On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 03:53:24PM -0800, Linh Pham wrote: > On 2001-03-22, Duraid scribbled: > > # which one is the best the market and why? i know that alpha is a RISC > # prossesor while pentiums are CISC.. on the other hand pentuims reached > # 1.5 GHz clock cycle while alpha are still around 400 MHz (not sure) ... > # which ones freebsd supports and which one it support best. > > The EV68 Alpha's are out and run up to 833Mhz with 8MB of external DDR > cache. Alpha's are generally regarded as one of the most powerful > processors and does not need very high clock rate to whoop the x86 > processors. Alpha's also have very powerful floating point units. > > Another note is that the Alpha is a 64-bit processor where the Intel > Pentium III/4 or the AMD Athlon are 32-bit processors. Alpha's are also > very expensive and are geared for high-end servers and high-end > workstations. -- Andrew Hesford ajh3@chmod.ath.cx To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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