Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997 10:02:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd@atipa.com> Cc: Rod Ebrahimi <info@pagecreators.com>, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium II? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970729100017.26870A-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970729082715.4162A-100000@dot.ishiboo.com>
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On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, FreeBSD Mailing List wrote: > On Tue, 29 Jul 1997, Rod Ebrahimi wrote: > > > Recently I was looking into some of Dell's server systems and found that > > they offer Pentium II 233mhz and 266mhz... I was wondering if anyone had > > any experience with these types of systems (Pentium II) or knows how they > > will interact with FreeBSD... > > > > Thank You. > > > The PPro is still faster for a true 32-bit OS, primarily due to the fact > that the L2 is 1:1 with the CPU clock. On the Pentium II, the L2 caching > is at 1/2 the CPU clock. Not, not quite. At the same clock rate, the PPro is faster, but the PII can operate at 266mhz, while the PPro maxes at 200mhz. > The PII runs 16-bit software better and adds MMX extensions, but for a > network server the PPro will still be faster. The PII/266 will be faster than a PPro/200. > Kevin Tom
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