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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!swrinde!sgigate.sgi.com!news1.best.com!news.aimnet.com!ns2.mainstreet.net!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!thales.nmia.com!gallup.cia-g.com!lithium From: Stephen Fisher <lithium@cia-g.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: AMD 5x86 recommendations? Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 19:41:42 -0700 Organization: New Mexico Internet Access Lines: 34 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960313193334.32655B-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> References: <rrwood-1103961728540001@bpci.net3.io.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: gallup.cia-g.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII In-Reply-To: <rrwood-1103961728540001@bpci.net3.io.org> I have this. AMD 586/486 133mhz/P75 (quad clocked to 133) From what I can tell it is very slow. I just did a kernel compile on it (default drivers - test run) with an Adaptec 2940 SCSI controller and 16MB of ram) and it took 2 hours and 31 minutes. Sheesh, reminds me of my days with Linux compiling a kernel in 8 hours (On a 386) :> Doing the same (with IDE drives though..) on a 486DX4/100 with 16meg of ram took me about 30 minutes. I've given up on it.. it's hinted to being quite slow from the first time I started installing freebsd on it last week. It takes *forever* just to format a man page even... Time to go grab an ASUS MB and true Pentium:] ...my 2 cents.. if I were you I wouldn't buy it.. On Mon, 11 Mar 1996, Roy Wood wrote: > I can pick up an AMD 5x86 CPU + motherboard or Intel P75 + motherboard for > similar prices (the latter is obviously a little more pricey). > > Judging by the specs at AMD's web site, the performance of the 5x86 is > similar to the P75, if not slightly better (it's AMD's own site though, so > a little skepticism is advisable). > > > What I'm wondering is whether anyone has used or is using an AMD 5x86 > system with FreeBSD, and if so, what are you impressions?