Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!news.texas.net!news.kei.com!news.thenet.net!news1.best.com!nntp1.best.com!shellx!tporczyk From: tporczyk@best.com (Tony Porczyk) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pentium Pro and FreeBSD Date: 29 Dec 1996 12:01:55 -0800 Organization: BEST Internet Communications Lines: 29 Message-ID: <tporczyk.851889405@shellx> References: <32C063E4.69BE@ibm.net> <32C0DF02.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: shellx.best.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #6 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33114 "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> writes: >tgibson@ibm.net wrote: >> >> I am considering buying a Dell Dimension Pentium Pro and need to >> run FreeBSD on it. >> Does anyone have any experience or comments about running FreeBSD on >> Pentium Pros? I'd be particularly interested if anyone has seen an >> improvement with a 200MHz Pentium Pro when compared with a 200 MHZ >> vanilla Pentium. >> >It appears to be generally approx 2X a P5-166. I have been >working on P6 specific improvements also to gain even more. I noticed a great difference in price between PP200 and PP180 that doesn't seem to be justified just by the 10% higher clock speed (almost twice the price). Is there something about PP200 that goes beyond the clock speed improvement? I am about to order the new system (components) within the next two days (thanks IRS for forcing stupid schedules), and I'm grappling with this question right now. Tx, t. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tony Porczyk * tporczyk@infobound.com * San Jose, California GIT/ED d++$(!d) s++:++ a? C++++ USLB++++$ P+ E--- W(--) N++ !k w-- M- V? b- PS+++@ PE++ O X-- Y++@ PGP-- t+@ 5++ R* D---- e* V-- h* y** r+++(*)+++(*)>? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------