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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.datacomm,comp.sys.amiga.networking,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Date: 16 Mar 1996 23:38:37 +0100
- Organization: dis-
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- "Jyrki Saarinen" <jsaarinen@kone.fipnet.fi> writes:
-
- >> Sorry. Motorola's benchmarks showed the '060-66 being slower than a
- >> Pentium-66 in integer calculations and a little faster in floating
-
- >Bullshit. Pentium executes two integer inst. rarely, 060 can do
- >it with all instructions.
-
- This is completely wrong. The Pentium does execute two integer instructions
- often and the 060 can only run two single word (and not all combinations)
- in parallel.
-
- >My real-world test (drawing texturemapped polygons to memory)
- >scored the same on 060/50 (compiled with SAS/C) what P90
- >scored. (Linux and gcc)
-
- Without details to your "real-world test" this is worth nothing.
-
- >> point. But Motorola still hasn't released the '060-66. The '060-50 is
- >> barely faster than a 040-40. That was the main reason that Daystar
-
- >That is bullshit too.
-
- The 060/50 is about 40..75% faster than the 040/40, depending on your program.
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- Michael van Elst
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