Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 22:26:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: Craig Johnston <craig@gnofn.org> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@atipa.com>, Rod Ebrahimi <info@pagecreators.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium II? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729222258.26870F-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970729133929.22125C-100000@sparkie.gnofn.org>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Craig Johnston wrote: > > > The PII runs 16-bit software better and adds MMX extensions, but for a > > > network server the PPro will still be faster. > > > > The PII/266 will be faster than a PPro/200. > > Not buying into Intel's slot 1 ploy is a good enough reason not to run > PII's. Slot 1 is not going to be around very long and I wouldn't count > on not running into bugs in the relatively untested slot 1 chipset. If you use that arguement, you shouldn't by anything then! The PPro (socket 8?) is doomed too, as Intel will not be developing it further (a 233mhz version would be nice). The Pentium MMX is going to max at 233, before being put out to pasture. So, every option is "doomed"... > The PPro chipset is known to be robust. FreeBSD systems have run > stably on it for quite a while now. It just works. > > Slot 1 is also entirely proprietary -- Intel's response to more > competition than it likes from AMD and now Cyrix. > > The PPro 200 offers all the CPU horsepower you're going to need on > a FreeBSD network server. I'd worry about the amount of RAM and > the speed, latency, and number of hard drives. SCSI, of course. Really? You need to get out more... > regards, > Craig Tom
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