[SunHELP] Bus Speed Difference

Steve Wingate steve at velosystems.net
Tue Jan 29 18:25:35 CST 2002


SBUS was faster than early PCI implentations but I don't think it's faster
than PCI of late. After all, there must be a reason Sun stopped using it.
Actually I've seen that stated in the Answerbook or something somewhere.



> Given such a choice, I would go for ultra 2 without a second thought cause
> it has SBUS. IMHO this is a BIG plus as far as I/O is concerned

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> Sorry if this is a duplicate. I dont think my first message got thru.
>
> Hey Everybody:
>
> I have a choice between an Ultra2 with an S bus or a Ultra 60 with a PCI
> bus.  The chips and configurations are basically the same.
> Is it worth the extra money for the PCI bus?



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