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Date:      Mon, 12 Jul 1999 07:34:58 -0700 ()
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@dsinw.com>
To:        Kitt Diebold <kitt-lists@connecticom.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Pentium Pro vs AMD
Message-ID:  <Pine.WNT.3.95.990712073327.-1451A-100000@akane>
In-Reply-To: <v04210102b3ae68520ecd@[192.168.1.40]>

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> I have two hardware options available to me to put a web server on 
> to, a Pentium Pro 180 w/ 256K cache, and an AMD 300.
> 
> Assuming everything else is the same (ethernet, hard drives, memory, 
> etc.) which would I expect to get better performance from? Is it a 
> big difference? Does FreeBSD take advatage of the Pentium Pro's wider 
> bus?


	I personally would go with the AMD because the Pentium Pro series
is 'dead' technology. If I needed to replace parts for whatever reason, I
would be able to reasonablly do so with the AMD chip and associated
hardware.


							Rick



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