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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!hermes.oc.com!news.unt.edu!cs.utexas.edu!academ!bcm.tmc.edu!news.msfc.nasa.gov!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.ios.com!news2.ios.com!rk.ios.com!rashid From: rashid@rk.ios.com (Rashid Karimov) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pentium Pro Compatibility? Date: 18 Jan 1996 16:03:48 GMT Organization: Internet Online Services Lines: 44 Message-ID: <4dlr14$l9q@news2.ios.com> References: <4dc4al$btp@makai.maui.net> <DL75vA.MtG@ritz.mordor.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rk.ios.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi there folx, Chris Mauritz (ritz@ritz.mordor.com) wrote: : John Catchings (jcatch@hula.maui.net) wrote: : : We are looking at the Gateway 2000 and Micron Pentium Pro (686) 200 mhz : : computers for our new FreeBSD server. The Micron uses the Intel Orion : : Core Logic chipset. : : : : We have heard there may be problems with these cpus and FreeBSD. We would : : appreciate any information regarding compatibility with the this cpu. Or : : alternative hardware for comparable processing power with FreeBSD. : : : : Thanks in advance for any info. : I was told that the problem was not with the cpu, but with the : new PCI chipset. It apparently introduces a serious bottleneck : with respect to cpu to main memory bandwidth. I don't have : the details (as I think I was told much of this at the tail : end of 6-8 pints of Bass Ale) and would certainly appreciate : any additional info. :-) There were certain rumors here that Intel now makes fixed ORIONs and those ones are supposed to be on the way to manufacters already. I got the P6 motherboard from ASUS , and that one came with The Bug. It does work pretty damn good .. .never crashed , is really fast at least CPU-wise. Trying to get the confirmation of very existence of this particular problem from the Intel,ASUS and (probably) other manufacters is/was nearly impossible. So be careful and at least try to be assured that the PC you'e getting from MICRON is built with fixed chipset. Rashid