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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!nntp.inet.fi!news.funet.fi!news.cs.hut.fi!news.clinet.fi!not-for-mail From: mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: dual cpu stuff... Date: 30 Aug 1996 00:01:58 +0300 Organization: Clinet, Espoo, Finland Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5050g6$ob@cantina.clinet.fi> References: <4vcsn4$7ql@cantina.clinet.fi> <4veq47$cc@anorak.coverform.lan> <4vphbo$jvb@cantina.clinet.fi> <MICHAELV.96Aug26003451@mindbender.serv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: cantina.clinet.fi Michael L. VanLoon <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> wrote: >mickey@cantina.clinet.fi (Mika Ruohotie) writes: > yeah... i know... but the cpu is not that _cheap_ you know... :p >Actually, a 200MHz Pentium Pro costs less than a 200MHz Pentium right right... but i'm not getting p200 either... i might consider ppro if the board and cpu (256) would be about what cpu is at the moment... i'll wait a while... >now. And, if the various benchmarks can be believed, is about 50% >faster. It should do even better than that in a dual setup since the >L2 cache is "in" the CPU. i know... that's why i feel tempted to get 512 cache ppro, if i'd have the money that is... > i only feel sceptical about the ppro chipsets, any major bugs in the latest > that are not too public? >Avoid the Orion chipset motherboards like the plague. Get a yes, i know that... i also heard the venus is _bad_ board too... i'm waiting to get gvc ppro board next week, for testing purposes... *smile* >Natoma-based board if you go Pentium Pro. natoma? not at all intel chipset? really? who sells them? mickey