Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 13:28:42 +0930 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Brian Tao <taob@nbc.netcom.ca> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, FREEBSD-CHAT-L <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: SMP motherboard advice... Message-ID: <199709170358.NAA00493@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 16 Sep 1997 23:55:59 -0400." <Pine.GSO.3.95.970916235443.21795k-100000@tor-adm1.nbc.netcom.ca>
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> On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > More to the point, there usually being only one L2 cache for the two > > CPUs, and a single P6 being more cost-effective. > > Do P6 motherboards typically have separate L2 cache for each CPU > then? If so, maybe I'll buy a dual PPro motherboard, but start with > just a single CPU. Do PPro's still have problems running 16-bit code? Er, the L2 cache comes *with* the P6. There are two slabs of silicon inside it. Most games these days are flat-model 32-bit code; W95 seems to run OK on the P6 if that's your concern, mike
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