Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 13:30:12 +0100 From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: dg@root.com Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K6 [ was Re: RSA 56-bit key challenge ] Message-ID: <19970309133012.58367@klemm.gtn.com> References: <19970309103029.22464@klemm.gtn.com> <199703091115.DAA13329@root.com>
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On Sun, Mar 09, 1997 at 03:15:30AM -0800, David Greenman wrote: > > We'll have to wait and see, but I suspect that it will work just fine. > The price of P6's has come down so much that I don't see any reason > to delay. Hmm, whats the best price for a PPro in the US ? Here in Germany you have to pay about $625 (DM 1050.-) for a 200MHz PPro CPU with 256k cache ($1 ~ DM 1.68) Currently I'm unsure, what to do. a) Buy a SMP board now, that's currently well supported by FreeBSD b) Wait for faster PPro chipsets, is there something in the queue for PPros ? Regarding 100MHz bus clock and better memory performance ? I think I will choose the Tyan Titan Pro with one or two processors, because our hardware manufacturer has a good contact to Tyan. If there is something bad with the board I'd have a good chance to get it exchanged ... And what about Ram ? I think 60ns EDO Ram with parity is currently best buy ... Although I like the idea to get fast SDRAM, but I fear, that this isn't currently supported by the Natoma Chipset. Another draw back is, that the board wouldn't support the K6 Chip. Does somebody know a Pentium Pro Mainboard (single or dual processor) that supports SDRAM and K6 Processors ? Or for what would I have to wait ... ;-) -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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