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Xref: sserve comp.benchmarks:7876 de.comp.os.unix:311 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:4274 Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!scsing.switch.ch!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken.llnl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!gracie.lbl.gov!jin From: jin@gracie.lbl.gov (Jin Guojun[ITG]) Newsgroups: comp.benchmarks,de.comp.os.unix,de.comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Intel Zappa board vs. Asus P55... Date: 9 Aug 1995 21:14:00 GMT Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Lines: 26 Message-ID: <40b8eo$hgj@overload.lbl.gov> References: <3vvtun$cs@knobel.gun.de> <402lr1$7v8@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: gracie.lbl.gov In article <402lr1$7v8@agate.berkeley.edu>, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >In article <3vvtun$cs@knobel.gun.de>, >Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> wrote: >>I wanted to get an ASUS P55TP4XE board with synchronous >>cache memory. My local hardware shop told me, that currently >>there is no ASUS board with synchronous (burst) cache available >>and the normal Asus board would be relatively expensive. > >Just get the ASUS P54TP4 board - you'll find it's more than >fast enough without the pipeline cache, and you can always >retrofit it later. I'm still using an older P54NP4 board >myself and like it just fine.. I can't be bothered to switch >to this newfangled EDO stuff.. :-) > Yes, The ASUS P54TP4 seems has the best performance. ASUS P54TP4 is about $650 now and costs $55 more than ZAPPA board. See www-itg.lbl.gov/ISS/performance.ps, page 6-7 for more information. -- /-------------- Jin Guojun ------------ v ---- Internet: g_jin@lbl.gov ----\ | Imaging & Distributed Computing | Usenet: ucbvax!g_jin@lbl.gov | | Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory | Bitnet: -- | | 50B-2239, Berkeley, CA 94720 - jin%george.lbl.gov@Csa3.LBL.Gov |