Date: Mon, 14 Oct 1996 08:29:01 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: phk@critter.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Cc: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu, freebsd-smp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Which is the better deal Message-ID: <199610141529.IAA13106@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <3976.845302323@critter.tfs.com> from Poul-Henning Kamp at "Oct 14, 96 04:12:03 pm"
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> In message <Pine.OSF.3.95.961014095643.1731B-100000@protocol.eng.umd.edu>, Chuc > k Robey writes: > >I have two options available to me, in getting the twin cpus for a Pentium > >Pro smp board. I can't afford the price of 200MHz cpus, they gone past > >$900 each, but I can get either: > > > >166 MHz with 512 K Cache or > >180 MHz with 256 K Cache > > > >I intend this for FreeBSD only, don't bother about things like MS > >software. I can get either for less than $550 each, what's your guys > >feelings about which might be better? > > > >BTW, this would be on a 64MB system, with 4 GB of scsi disk. > > I'd take the 512K cache any time. The PP seems so cache starved to me > that I have decided never to by a 256k version for my own money. And in additon to phk's reason for the 512K version I will add that this is a 166 chip above, and that is externally clocked at 66MHz, giving a faster memory bus. Stay away from the ppro 150 and 180 for the simple fact that it has an external memory bus clock of 60Mhz. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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