🚀 go-pugleaf

stuart@garage.demon.co.uk (Stuart Booth) writes:
> J A F Bradbury <Julian@xabcs.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >- B0 stepping of the Orion chipset is essential re PCI problems.
> >- There are rumours of P5 & P6 price cuts likely in May & August.
> >
> >Patience re bug-sorting in Triton-II (P5) & P6 chipsets remains
> >the best advice, irrespective of the price-cuts due shortly.
> 
> Thanks for the comments. I had heard of the P6 chipset problems, but I
> thought they'd been and gone by now. It's a toss up between a P5-166
> and a P6-200 at the moment, but the newness of the Triton 2 and PPro
> boards worries me a bit. I'd prefer to wait, but there's the timing of
> my father wanting to take my old bits off me to consider too!

So far the Aurora m/b seems fine (that "will" have B0 stepping of Orion).
Don't touch the Triton-II until the summer really.

If you do go for a P6-200 after all, and I'd wait until the May price drops
re P5/P6 anyway, don't consider a sub 200Mhz P6 as it's not worth it.

I'd also advise a supplier with a >=7 day no-quibble return :)
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