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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!news.cyberstore.ca!skypoint.com!news3.mr.net!mr.net!winternet.com!eclipse.winternet.com!kody From: kody@eclipse.winternet.com (Jess Kodadek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Which video card, etc? Date: 25 Jun 1995 02:41:37 GMT Organization: Our Lady of Mass Confusion. Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3siid1$lqk@blackice.winternet.com> References: <3sf5u4$ge@blackice.winternet.com> <mvhDAnAvt.Jtq@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: eclipse.winternet.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Harding (mvh@netcom.com) wrote: : I have heard that a DX4/100 is about as fast as a P60, and there is no intel : tax. I bought the DX2/80 on the theory that the VLB bus is faster, but : compiles seem to be compute bound and that is what seems to be the slowest. : A DX4/120 might give you the best of both worlds - these are coming out : soon, I've heard. Following up on this, the DX2/80 system is available with a PCI bus, too. (So the person says). So do you think I should go for the DX4/100? The price difference is negligible ($40-50). -- name : jess kodadek email : kody@eclipse.winternet.com www : http://www.winternet.com/~jkodadek