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- From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
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- Subject: Re: Floating point performance of 486 vs 386/387?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.140054.17522@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 14:00:54 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov19.041856.19934@mercury.cair.du.edu>, plim@diana.cair.du.edu (PATRICK M LIM) writes:
- | Is the floating point performance better for a 386/33 387
- | combination or a 486/33?
- | Thanks in advance
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- At least double with the 486, for all except transcendental functions.
- The Cyrix 387 seems to be far faster then the 486 in that area, although
- unless you do a lot of it you will never notice.
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- bill davidsen, GE Corp. R&D Center; Box 8; Schenectady NY 12345
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