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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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