hmm... i guess I need to learn to learn motherboard-speak because I don't
know much about that type of thing.
The P400 is a Dell I bought 2 1/2 years ago and I'm not sure of the specs or
which specs would even be important.
The K6-200 is an Asus P5A, again I don't know about the specs. Anyone know
of a good MB tutorial site as it
pertains to choosing and building linux systems?
-----Original Message-----
From: Franki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 1:37 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] What would be an ideal (but reasonable) LM7.2
desktop platform
I have 7.2 running on a Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 (linux has run for 4
months straight without a problem, it has heaps off cooling fans,, :-)
The system has 128mb of ram,, and runs fantastic. (I have used hdparm to use
the udma features and it made a huge difference.) I get a message at boot,
that I am getting 897.84 Bogomips... (the mothboard is a BX) I have noticed
that except for some really expensive hight end Intel Chipsets,, the BX is
still the fastest chipset for general PC use,, (particularly when running at
133mhz bus) It kills most equiv Sys and Via boards for speed in all except
AGP (2 times only, not 4x) and UDMA,, bx is only UDMA 33.. although the
later can be fixed with a new PCI controller card..
What are your P400 systems specs?
That machine is about to start a new life as a web server.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Johnson
Sent: Saturday, 17 February 2001 3:21 AM
To: LinuxNewbie (E-mail)
Subject: [newbie] What would be an ideal (but reasonable) LM7.2 desktop
platform
Just wondering, without spendning a fortune what would be the ideal platform
for running LM 7.2 (KDE/GNOME)?
I ask this because I'm running 7.2 on a K6-200/128MB and on a P400/256MB and
they are both sluggish. How much machine to I need to run a typical
installation of 7.2, I was planning on upgrading my CPU to a 500 but I'm not
sure if it is increasing the proc will be as effective as increasing the
memory. In the task window X was using up 17K (I guess memory) is that
about right?
