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- From: mrmarcel@eos.ncsu.edu (Mike Marcelais)
- Subject: Re: How much faster?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.190416.7485@ncsu.edu>
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- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Dec15.022800.20015@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:04:16 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec15.022800.20015@netcom.com>, noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring) writes:
- |> I currently have a 386-33 pc with a Cyrix math coprocessor. What I'd
- |> like to know is how much faster would a 486-50 or 486-66 be when
- |> calculating fractals using Fractint 17.2 (and for both integer and
- |> floating point modes).
- |>
- |> Thanks.
- |>
- |> Jon
- |>
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- Here's some benchmark times for fractint 17.2
- System: 486/50dx, 256K cache, 4M memory, DR-Dos 6.0
- Tseng-4000 SVGA with Local Bus
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- All options left at default settings, except where noted.
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- Mandelbrot set: 1024x768x256 1920x1440x256 (using EMS)
- floating point off 6.97 51.85
- floating point on 8.85 57.34
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- Type NYUF008 (from the fractint.par file) in 1024x768x256 1:12.99
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- Plasma file, 1024x768x256, seed 42
- Old method 22.19
- New method 19.34
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- Translate above plasma file to a 3D image using all defaults
- Landscape, surface fill interpolated: 1:33.70
- Spherical, surface fill interpolated: 1:36.84
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- Lypanov type, 320x200x256
- Order 0 3:16.46
- 1 4:47.63
- 2 6:18.65
- 5 7:50.05
- 10 9:21.07
- 42 12:24.64
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- Julibrot type, all defaults
- 320x200x256 3:30.31
- 1024x768x256 41:24.18
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- |> --
- |>
- |> Charter Member of the INFJ Club.
- |>
- |> Now, if you're just dying to know what INFJ stands for, be brave, e-mail me,
- |> and I'll send you some information. It WILL be worth the inquiry, I think.
- |>
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- ISTJ's will rule.
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- |> =============================================================================
- |> | Jon Noring | noring@netcom.com | I VOTED FOR PEROT IN '92 |
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