From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 19 19:36:02 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA23576 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 19:36:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lightning.tbe.net (qmailr@lightning.tbe.net [208.208.122.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA23558 for ; Sat, 19 Jul 1997 19:36:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 21701 invoked by uid 1010); 20 Jul 1997 02:30:15 -0000 Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:30:15 -0400 (EDT) From: "Gary D. Margiotta" To: Joe Diehl cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Nevermind: System Rebooting when starting X] In-Reply-To: <19970719205334.23146@moros.ptn.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Greetings, > > I just upgraded my Pentium 60 system to an Asus P55T2P4S (on-board > AIC-7880) and I temporarily have an AMD K5-90 in the system until > I buy either a K6-200 or and Intel 166-MMX (any recommendations for > a processor under FreeBSD?). I have been watching the -hardware list, and quite a few people are having problems with the new K6-200's, but that can also be because of non-correct settings on the MB. The Intel 166-MMX is fast, though you pay for it...If you want a decent processor for the buck, I would reccommend looking in to the Cyrix line. We run three 150+'s from a while back and they perform well and we haven't had any problems with them. I heard the 200+'s are a good chip, but you need a good motherboard for them.. The Asus you have should handle it no problem. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't mind having a new Intel 200-MMX, but I just can't see spending that much for it yet. As you noticed, I am a little biased for the Cyrix chips. We have had pretty good luck with them, so we like them. Just my $.02 -Gary Margiotta TBE Internet Services http://www.tbe.net