Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 08:29:41 -0600 (MDT) From: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@atipa.com> To: Rod Ebrahimi <info@pagecreators.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium II? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970729082715.4162A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com> In-Reply-To: <199707290725.AAA24546@netroplex.com>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Rod Ebrahimi wrote: > Recently I was looking into some of Dell's server systems and found that > they offer Pentium II 233mhz and 266mhz... I was wondering if anyone had > any experience with these types of systems (Pentium II) or knows how they > will interact with FreeBSD... > > Thank You. > The PPro is still faster for a true 32-bit OS, primarily due to the fact that the L2 is 1:1 with the CPU clock. On the Pentium II, the L2 caching is at 1/2 the CPU clock. The PII runs 16-bit software better and adds MMX extensions, but for a network server the PPro will still be faster. Kevin
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