Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:48:27 +0100 (CET) From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl> To: Steve Friedrich <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> Cc: "ml1@geocities.co.jp" <ml1@geocities.co.jp>, "ml1@geocities.co.jp" <ml1@geocities.co.jp>, "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Server Spec Message-ID: <XFMail.981118164827.asmodai@wxs.nl> In-Reply-To: <199811181535.KAA05060@laker.net>
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On 18-Nov-98 Steve Friedrich wrote: > On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:19:01 +0100 (CET), Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai wrote: >>Does the A denote cache then? > > It does, but only for the 300MHz part. There's another CPU speed (333 > MHz) that also has cache, but no "A" to identify it as such. The 300A > can be overclocked into the 400MHz range (until Intel locks the clock > on newer parts). I thought they had a small chip in there that went against that? > The 300A has better overclock ability than the 333. See Tom's hardware > page regarding that. I generally don't advocate overclocking, but it > WOULD be cool to try it at home with a non-production FreeBSD machine. This 166 MMX here is running at 200 ;) but then again, ye will run against I/O saturation long between saturating yer CPU. > If I remember correctly, the Celeron WITH cache, runs it's cache at the > CPU speed, whereas the PII runs it's cache at half the CPU speed. The > Celeron is FREAKIN' CHEAP !!! The Xeon runs at full speed too... --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven/Asmodai asmodai(at)wxs.nl | Cum angelis et pueris, Junior Network/Security Specialist | fideles inveniamur *BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve... <http://www.freebsd.org>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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