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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in3.uu.net!news.iij.ad.jp!news.CET.CO.JP!usenet From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Tyan Tomcat II @ P5-166 or P5-200 Will It Work? Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:44:19 +0900 Organization: CET Lines: 19 Message-ID: <3213E083.4C50@cet.co.jp> References: <cnordin.840091850@news.vni.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: chaos.cet.co.jp Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b6Gold (WinNT; I) Craig Nordin wrote: > > My friend is running one with two processors on his NT > system and it smokes! It doesn't have cache, since even > with the latest bios the 512K cache seizes the machine, > but the board looks very very good right now. It screams > without cache. > I've been sticking with the Tempest II, but the Tomcat II is looking like it's getting close to prime time. BSDI's recent web benchmarks were done on a Tomcat I. I guess the 512K cache is ok on single CPU configs. Regards, Mike Hancock