Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1998 13:06:41 -0500 (CDT) From: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> To: steven wesley wilson <swwilso1@students.uiuc.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Supported Hardware in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980724130331.9110A-100000@duey.hs.wolves.k12.mo.us> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980724120819.8830A-100000@ux7.cso.uiuc.edu>
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On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, steven wesley wilson wrote: > Thanks for responding, I'm interested in the Celeron because it is a cheap > alternative. I realize it has not L2 cache, but through overclocking I > understand you can drive the processer at close to p2 350 performance. If > this is the case(I know people who are doing it), I thought I'ld save a > few bucks. Any thoughts. > > > Anyway, is there any particlar reason you want a Celeron processor? > > Those have no L2 cache, and performance can suffer badly. The Celeron > > was meant to be bought by people who had no idea what it was missing. > It is true that you can overclock a Celeron processor more reliably than you can a standard Pentium II, since the cache is usually what prevents it. However, that Celeron overclocked to 350 probably wouldn't perform as well as a PentiumII at 300 in most applications. -- Chris Dillon - cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us - cdillon@inter-linc.net /* FreeBSD: The fastest and most stable server OS on the planet. For Intel x86 and compatibles (SPARC and Alpha under development) (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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