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- From: pclink@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au (Rick)
- Subject: i860 vs i750.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.234342.5767@cheops.qld.tne.oz.au>
- Organization: Telecom Australia, TNE Computer Support Services
- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:43:42 GMT
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- The i750 is being promoted by Intel as a multimedia chipset - real time
- video, MPEG decompression, video effects, etc. Does the i860 have the
- wherewithall to compete with the i750? The bus is wider, it runs faster,
- but does the lack of the i750's microcode ops and the bus latency accessing
- the VRAM lower the real time performance such that it cannot perform the
- same functions as the i750 (as well as its strongpoints - 3D rendering,
- Phong shading, blits, etc)?
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- Thanks,
- Rick.
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