Date: Fri, 25 Oct 1996 10:44:00 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: "Eric J. Chet" <ejc@gargoyle.bazzle.com> Cc: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>, smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommendations... Message-ID: <199610251644.KAA15885@clem.systemsix.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 25 Oct 1996 07:55:28 EDT." <Pine.BSF.3.95.961025074642.27549A-100000@gargoyle.bazzle.com>
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Hi, > Dual P6s are not cost effective right now. You can get >a dual P5, with adaptec 2490UW SCSI onboard, Triton-II, 512K >pipeline burst cache mainboard for $350. It's a GigaByte >GA-586DX-512. I believe one of the SMP developers is using this >mainboard. Check out http://www.atipa.com for a reseller. This >board with two P5-133 would make a nice development system. This would be me. I am quite happy with it, its rock solid. If you go the dual P5 route, this is the board to get. I tried overclocking the 133's to 166, but I evidently have some of the newer CPUs that refuse to overclock...bummer! A single P6-166 would be a faster system, at least currently. A dual P6 would be very nice. But beware, for most things the SMP kernel can actually be slower than using a single CPU. I hope that we will change this situation SOON! -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | FreeBSD
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