From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jul 1 03:48:17 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id DAA18400 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 03:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lassie.eunet.fi (lassie.eunet.fi [192.26.119.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id DAA18393 for ; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 03:48:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from key.hole.fi by lassie.eunet.fi with SMTP id AA17753 (5.67a/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:48:01 +0300 Received: (from count@localhost) by key.hole.fi (8.7.5/8.6.12) id NAA05413 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:48:00 +0300 (EET DST) From: "Bror 'Count' Heinola" Message-Id: <199607011048.NAA05413@key.hole.fi> Subject: Pentium Pro question To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:48:00 +0300 (EET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Would someone care to enlighten me about the pros and cons of the Pentium Pro chipsets currently available? For example, ASUS offers two boards, P6NP5 with 440FX chipset and P6RP4 with 450KX chipset. What are the differences and do they _matter_ in real-life use? The system would be a nfs/sm server with Adaptec 3940 and (at least) four SCSI disks and 100M ethernet. Every clue is appreciated! -- Bror 'Count' Heinola % count@key.hole.fi % http://pobox.com/~count/ Pengerkatu 13b A5 % IRC: Count NIC: BH271 % FI-00530 HELSINKI % Work: bror@sms.fi % Roads? Where we're going, Cell: +358-40-5533-554 % Santa Monica Software % we don't need roads.