Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 09:40:47 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: hardware@freebsd.org, Tom Gidden <gid@visint.co.uk> Subject: Re: Pentuim or Pentuim Pro ? Message-ID: <2727.860431247@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 14:02:19 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.91.970407134723.7030A-100000@bagpuss.visint.co.uk>
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> 1) Is the Pentium Pro 200 much faster than the > Pentium 200 and if so, what sort of %age gains > can I expect. It's a fair bit faster and YMMV, of course, but 30-40% is not an unreasonable expectation. The core technology really has improved; it's not just another 486 inside with deeper pipelines and a faster clock. > 2) Is the Pentium 200 with 512k cache much better > than the 256k cache version and again what sort > of %age gains can be expected with the 512k version. Not enough to make it work the current cost delta. > Overclocking: > 3) Is overclocking the motherboard viable/safe ? > Has anyone actually had experience with m/b clocked > at 83MHz ? I clock my P6/200 at 233Mhz and it seems to work just fine. Many others I know are doing the same without any ill effects. Other kinds of overclocking I simply don't know about. > 6) Dual Processor, what are the options like ? > I was thinking of going for a dual processor m/b > and only using one processor with the option to > upgrade. (clients might like this idea) The Tyan motherboard dual-P6 MB is quite nice. I'm probably going to get one for freefall just because you can stick a lot more memory in the dual-processor model. Jordan
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