On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> These aren't the only two valid choices, and I don't think you should pick
> either without considering some other alternatives.
Sure, I'm all open...
>
> Why not a faster CPU instead of a second one? Your mix of applications
> would probably see more of a speedup from this.
Well, a 166 cpu is the current spot I believe (94 for it, and it jumps to
150 for a 200).
>
> Why not save a little longer and go SCSI when you can afford it?
Well, I'd need to wait a lot longer (using most of my 8gb's right now for
data). I'd love to go scsi (and know it would help things immensly) but
just can't :-(
>
> Do you have a good tape backup drive? Is it big enough for your entire
> system, or do you swap tapes?
Yup.
>
> There are so many things you can do to a system to improve it, and I'm not
> just talking about speed.
Very true. I could buy a new cdrom (you have to put the cd in two or three
times for it to work), but I've already gotten most of these :-)
> It doesn't sound like a second CPU is going to do much for you, and I doubt
> you'll see much improvement with Accel-X. More RAM is almost always useful,
> however, and everything that's not a 100Mhz SDRAM DIMM is pretty cheap right
> now.
REally, I'd always heard AccelX on Mill II's screamed, huh.
> But I think that putting in a 233Mhz MMX chip might show you some visible
> improvements.
MB can't use mmx chips, and the overdrive ones are to expensive.
Thanks for the suggestions on all this though!
Chris
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