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From: Steve Gailey <steveg@metrosol.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: freeBSD and P6/180
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 1996 15:09:42 +0000
Organization: Metronome Solutions Ltd.
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References: <32784DB5.2BDE@sybase.com> <h1LxvFQ.smartsignal@delphi.com> <57sp6oobnd.fsf@tees.elsevier.co.uk> <3280D2FC.28D5@www.play-hookey.com>
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Ken Bigelow wrote:
> 
> Paul Richards wrote:
> >
> > Jim Nelson <smartsignal@delphi.com> writes:
> >
> > >
> > > Taras Dowhaluk <tarasd@sybase.com> writes:
> > >
> > > >The planned (but not yet purchased) hardware is
> > > > PentiumPro 180MHZ,
> >
> > You don't want a cpu at that speed either, make sure it's a multiple
> > of 33 1/3 (roughly).
> 
> Now you've got me puzzled. What's wrong with a multiple of 40 or 50 MHz
> (always assuming the motherboard can run at one or the other of thoses
> speeds)? I would expect that a higher motherboard speed would be
> desirable, too.
> 
> Could it be that the motherboard is expected to clock at 60 MHz for the
> PP180? That would make more sense to me than running a 30 MHz clock and
> a 6X multiplier.

The secret is getting the fastest CPU with the fastest PCI BUS. Check out Intels web
pages for information.

Steve