Re: Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-07 Thread Ronald Pottol
>btw, how much did you pay for your dual board and 166Mhz chips? Are they >reasonable these days? > >Dave Check out www.pricewatch.com , a PPro 166 with 512k cache can be had for as little as $180, and PPro 180s are similar, and a dual PPro board goes for $250-350. -- PLEASE read the Red H

Re: Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-07 Thread Brad Dawson
- Message Text - Dave, I notice the difference in just about all aspects, but the two areas that I can really see speed is when I compile, or use any kind of rendering tool. Povray and The Gimp really move with this system. I have the thing parked on a cable modem as well and the n

Re: Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-06 Thread Dave Wreski
> I am convinced that duals are the way to go. Check out > (http://www.thechipmerchant.com) for good pricing info but you can get > away with dual P166, 96mg of ram and a titan motherboard for $500 or less. > It's good amount of CPU power for not a whole lot of money. Cool, good information

Re: Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-06 Thread Brad Dawson
I am convinced that duals are the way to go. Check out (http://www.thechipmerchant.com) for good pricing info but you can get away with dual P166, 96mg of ram and a titan motherboard for $500 or less. It's good amount of CPU power for not a whole lot of money. BTW- I did boot with out SMP a

Re: Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-06 Thread Dave Wreski
> I have a bit of a strange one here that I have not seen before. I > did not see this problem in the FAQ or errata so I thought this may be a > good place to ask. I have a 5.0 system that has been working just fine > for while but I have this funny problem that has developed with my scre

Ludicrous Speed.... Go

1998-04-06 Thread Brad Dawson
Hello Folks, I have a bit of a strange one here that I have not seen before. I did not see this problem in the FAQ or errata so I thought this may be a good place to ask. I have a 5.0 system that has been working just fine for while but I have this funny problem that has developed with