Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 23:01:48 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: dyson@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: opsys@mail.webspan.net, mike@smith.net.au, rezidew@rezidew.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180 Message-ID: <6037.878799708@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Nov 1997 01:42:35 EST." <199711060642.BAA09051@dyson.iquest.net>
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> I tend to agree -- but with the price of a P6/180 processor being about > $250 or so, it is hard to spring for the extra $250. In fact, one can $176 for the P6/180 from "Astak" and "Hi-Tech USA". $398 for the P6/200 from "Aten Research" or "Computer Parts Unlimited" - a $222 difference, to be more exact. ;-) Still, as I know you also know, consider the fact that the P6 would appear to be an eminently overclockable chip and when you're talking 180 you're really essentially saying 200 and, if your motherboard supports a 3.5X clock, 200 becomes 233. I've overclocked about 5 P6 systems so far (and directly heard of at least twice that many more) without any problems whatsoever. I'm not sure that the PII's are quite so forgiving, but if not then that's another slight edge for the P6. > ever consider a new P5 would be to play with MMX. Since P5 is near Which I'm still waiting to see a Unix application actually benefitting from. :) Jordan
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