Subject: Re: le/esp sbus cards
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/18/1999 18:58:03
On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Greywolf wrote:
>#   Heh.  Does the IPX not just kick butt?  It sits nicely out of the way, it
># has a couple of slots, and it looks cool.
>#   I suppose that the LX is fairly well supported, right?  That would solve
># some of the IPX's sluggishness issues.
>
>I doubt it; my IPX benchmarks at 40MHz.  LXs are only 33MHz last I looked.
>
>...or did I miss something?

  Yup.

  The LX is clocked at 50MHz, not 33.  And it's a completely different
processor.  With a completely different memory system.  While I'll never
knock the good ole' IPX, the LX is quite a bit faster.

                -Dave McGuire