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From: uphya001@odie.physik2.uni-rostock.de (Lars Koeller)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: AMD 5x86 recommendations?
Date: 15 Mar 1996 08:36:26 GMT
Organization: University of Rostock, Germany
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.960313193334.32655B-100000@gallup.cia-g.com>,
Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> writes:
>I have this.
>
>AMD 586/486 133mhz/P75 (quad clocked to 133)
>
>From what I can tell it is very slow. I just did a kernel compile on it
>(default drivers - test run) with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller and 16MB
>of ram) and it took 2 hours and 31 minutes. Sheesh, reminds me of my
>days with Linux compiling a kernel in 8 hours (On a 386) :>
>
>Doing the same (with IDE drives though..) on a 486DX4/100 with 16meg of
>ram took me about 30 minutes.
>
[ ... snip ...]
>
>On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Roy Wood wrote:
>
>> I can pick up an AMD 5x86 CPU + motherboard or Intel P75 + motherboard
>> for similar prices (the latter is obviously a little more pricey).
>>
>> Judging by the specs at AMD's web site, the performance of the 5x86 is
>> similar to the P75, if not slightly better (it's AMD's own site though,
>> so a little skepticism is advisable).
>>
>> What I'm wondering is whether anyone has used or is using an AMD 5x86
>> system with FreeBSD, and if so, what are you impressions?
Hi!
I've just upgraded my 2 years old Elitegroup EISA/VLB mainboard with
an AMD5x86-133 overclocked to 160 MHz. The system contains an Adaptec
EISA 1742 SCSI controller. The kernel compile time decreases from 860
sec to 480 sec (user cpu time) although the board does not support WB L1
cache! And the system is rock stable. These upgrade was the only
possibility not to throw away the Adaptec and my #9GXE64 S3 video card
(170000 xstones, 1152x900, 80 Hz, 8 bit).
I can recommend this CPU without any restrictions.
Regards
Lars
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