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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:3809 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware:60292 comp.windows.x.i386unix:2513 comp.os.linux:47944 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!bb3.andrew.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!aw2t+ From: "Alex R.N. Wetmore" <aw2t+@andrew.cmu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for Unix conclusions (fairly long) Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1993 07:14:39 -0400 Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 14 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <AgEyeTO00WB701fPYc@andrew.cmu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: po2.andrew.cmu.edu In-Reply-To: <hastyCA1KCL.98s@netcom.com> Excerpts from netnews.comp.os.386bsd.questions: 12-Jul-93 Re: SUMMARY: 486DX2/66 for.. by Amancio Hasty Jr@netcom. > have better performance than a sparc 2. If you opt for an et4000 > based card such as the Diamond SpeedStar Pro you will have about > 1/8 or less the performance of an S3 801 in the suggested CPU > configuration. Then again, with the Diamond cards you will have > a tough time with just about any PD X server. Diamond Speedstar Pro is a Cirrus chipset (and is accelarated)...I have the box in front of me (stepmother just got one). Otherwise, so stay away from them for X... alex