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- Path: nntp-trd.UNINETT.no!lolsen
- From: lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: CPU MHz in A1200+
- Date: 10 Jan 1996 12:04:27 GMT
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- Ruud Dingemans (rdingem@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In a message of 07 Jan 96 Michael Van Elst wrote to All:
-
- : >> jS> A 040/20 is not much faster than a 030/50.
-
- : >> Infact, it is slower, except maybe at FPU stuff :-)
-
- : MVE> Unless the 040/20 system has other deficiencies (like slow memory) it
- : MVE> is most often a bit faster than the 030/50 and much faster for FPU
-
- : Well, maybe. After I replied to John I did some digging: the (AFAIK)
- : only 20 Mhz 040 machine ever made was the Mac Centris 610; i looked it
- : up, and according to benchmark tests some 50 Mhz 68030/68882
- : accelerator boards for the Mac II were a little bit (but only a
- : little) faster than this machine. Not sure about the FPU side of
- : things, though.
-
- That's one major point. A 040/20 would be much faster in FPU.
- Even more interresting it becomes if we consider an imagenary
- A4000-030/50 including the 50Mhz FPU.
- This turns out to be even more expensive than a fully fledged 040/33.
- Cheers...
-