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- From: bohlkejh@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel
- Subject: Re: Aplha vs. Pentium
- Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:53:03 GMT
- Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman
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- In article <00965E8C.5E07CBC0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2760carpente@vms.csd.mu.edu
- (METALLICA) writes:
- > This question has been bugging me for a while and so I finally decided to
- post
- > it. The new chip from DEC (Alhpa) is going to run Windows NT along with VMS
- > and UNIX. If a 'Alpha' PC is running Windows NT, will this PC be faster than
- a
- > 'Pentium' PC running Windows. I mean, are these CPU's comparable...? I am
- > assuming that the Alpha PC will be better and faster... Any comments..
- > Benchmarks..
- > Have a great new year everyone..
- It all depends on what DEC machine you run it on. It might be compareable to a
- DEC AXP 3000-500, but that is the low end dog.
-
- Jon
-