Subject: Re: pentium IV info
To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@chylonia.3miasto.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 09/25/2002 22:09:35
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 02:29:28PM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
> can You give me some info about PIV based machines?
> esp. what's a difference between 845E and 845G chipsets and 845GL?
> 
> i read 845E as only chipset, 845G has graphics integrated and 845GL
> graphics and network. is any other thing too?
> 
> 
> and main question - did anybody actually using NetBSD 1.5.3 on them?
> 
> 
> i have to choose (quite quickly) between pentium III and pentium IV
> computer. price difference isn't big, but will PIV really be much faster?

If you use PC133 SDRAM you won't see much difference. But with a rambus
memory, the difference is worth it.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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