easy question

[toph99]

whats the difference between a PentiumPro and a regular Pentium? or is there?

 

[TheShaman]

toph 99,

As I recall, the PentiumPro's were RISC chips w/ integrated L2 cache.

ts

 

[jinsonxu]

Level2 cache was integrated, at full processor speed which usually tops to 200Mhz for the PPros. 66Mhz for the regular Pentiums and MMXes as they're all on the MB.

The large integrated cache made yields lower though, price was alot more expensive. The architecture of the PPro was also the first of the P6 family.

It's also a hell lot more expensive than the regulars.

The Ppros excel as server machines though. Get a dual Ppro with 1MB cache. They rock as servers!

 

[paulip88]

The PentiumPro has an integrated full speed cache and also has a different core.