Date: Tue, 10 Jun 1997 18:24:23 -0600 From: Steve Passe <smp@csn.net> To: dave@persprog.com Cc: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fastest possible FreeBSD system? Message-ID: <199706110024.SAA22395@Ilsa.StevesCafe.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 10 Jun 1997 20:06:08 EDT." <339DEBF0.49FC2B3E@persprog.com>
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Hi, > > I would be willing to believe this is generally true, Were they close > > enough > > that a PII-300 would overcome the PPro? The PII will continue to get > > faster, > > the PPro is probably frozen @ 200mHz. > They were very close, as I recall. A 300 should pull ahead but if this > is Deschutes it is probably plugging into Slot Two. Slot One evidently > has some shortcomings (just like PCI 1.0). Intel is obviously > downplaying this changeover. no, I was thinking PII-300, which has been announced, but is NOT yet shipping. the Deschutes/slot2 is yet another piece of the puzzle. It presummably is a majot step up, amd should be available in the 6-12 month time frame. -- Steve Passe | powered by smp@csn.net | Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD
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