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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: Pentium SMP board recommendations?
From:       Martin Imrisek <modulus () orpheus>
Date:       1997-09-21 11:40:21
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On Sat, 20 Sep 1997, Jon Lewis wrote:

> 
> You'll get much better SMP performance from dual PPro or PII's than
> Pentiums due to each CPU having its own L2 cache...so if possible save up
> a bit more $ and go PII or PPro.


I'd love to get a PII or PPro SMP board, but presently I am constrained by
the $, so I thought this would be a decent compromise.  Right now I am
hoping that I'll be able to reuse my RAM, at least temporarily.

> 
> If you go with the Tomcat, be sure to get Tyan recommended RAM brands and
> not just whatever RAM a dealer happens to have that day.
I'll definitely look into it.  Thank you.

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Martin Imrisek         "I've done . . . questionable things.
imrisek@interlog.com      Nothing the God of biomechanics
                          wouldn't let you into heaven for." 

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