Mr M S Aitchison wrote: > > Hi, > > Anyone wish to comment on whether this is a worth while upgrade? > > Well, a 400MHz AMD K6 with 100MHz bus and SDRAM should cream your dual > PPro 180 even with its 90MHz bus. The only question is whether to wait > until mid 1999 for the K7. Speaking from experence, or the stats you've read? FYI I have a true 90MHz bus, (90MHz memory with 45MHz PCI) IO wise I believe I beat up pushed Dual PPro 233's... I'd like to just use PPro overdrive chips but they are too damn expensive. The new so called 100MHz bus slowes these things down, meaning in effect it's only equivilent to maybe a true 83MHz bus. Of course I could hack the bus speed on that mobo..hmm oh damn here I go again: http://www.psychosis.com/doa/ The best suggestion I've heard thus far is a dual celeron. Appartenly the new 300A+ has 128K cache on board on...something I just found out. 128K is light, but nothing to laugh at, especially if used in a dual configuaration. The CPU's are only $100 each, and are possiblity over clockable into the 400MHz range. Of course I don't want to buy Intel, especially P2, since I am boycotting their 'patent' on slot 1. > The only question is whether to wait until mid 1999 for the K7. To far away, and then you need to wait it out a few more months for the prices to drop to sane levels. I'm definatly interested in this though... -- http://www.linkscape.net/ Linkscape Internet Services 732-541-4214 http://www.linuxrouter.org/ Linux Router Project Please, no more BubbaVision.
