Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:37:29 -0700 From: "Kulraj Gurm (bosa.ca account)" <kulraj@bosa.ca> To: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jgowdy@home.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: the AMD factor in FreeBSD Message-ID: <00d201c0c953$9e5960a0$64c8a8c0@asknet.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0104191104240.4840-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> <3ADF58E1.3660FD8E@loudcloud.com> <000f01c0c917$fd6465e0$015778d8@sherline.net>
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Something we did several months ago : FreeBSD make buildworld 4.2 (cvsup) Virtually identical machines, three different CPU's Duron 700 66min PIII 700 65min Athlon 700 55min The surprising factor to me was not that the Athlon was easily the fastest at this task (I expected that), but that the Duron performed so exceptionally well compared to the PIII which at the time was three times the cost! Regards, Kulraj > > I don't know if the DURON is faster when overclocked, I personally stay > away from > > overclocking, I don't need it. > > I doubt if the Duron is faster overclocked or underclocked. It's just the > Thunderbird with less cache. Less cache != faster (at the same cache speed) > as far as I've ever known. > > > The only differences between the Athlon and the Duron is on chip cache, > and speeds > > of the front side bus, if I am not mistaken. > > > > Athlons have larger L2 Cache I believe than the Durons, > > That is the only difference. > > > and are available with up to a 200MHZ bus. > > They both have a 200mhz bus. Not up to, but 200mhz. > > The FSB is 100 or 133 in both. (Not talking about DDR and new boards) > > Just say it this way, "Duron is a Thunderbird with less cache". > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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