P4X266\ VIA KT266A \Tyan Tiger 2
If one counts the pennies, er, $$, the final equation for a 2.0 GHz P4 / i850 / Rambus system shows approximately $1000 for the barebones. The Brookdale in a similar speed stepping still runs at about $850 even VIA's solution burns a minimum of $750-800 hole in the wallet. These numbers are for CPU, mainboard and memory only. Ironically, about the same level of performance can be purchased elsewhere for only a fraction of the cost.
If one counts the pennies, er, $$, the final equation for a 2.0 GHz P4 / i850 / Rambus system shows approximately $1000 for the barebones. The Brookdale in a similar speed stepping still runs at about $850 even VIA's solution burns a minimum of $750-800 hole in the wallet. These numbers are for CPU, mainboard and memory only. Ironically, about the same level of performance can be purchased elsewhere for only a fraction of the cost.
