Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!uunet!ssbell!mcmi!amperif!unocss!ho@fergvax.unl.edu From: ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: V20 vs. 8088: Is there any useful difference? Message-ID: <1096@unocss.UUCP> Date: 16 Jul 89 23:56:45 GMT References: <26367@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> Sender: news@unocss.UUCP Reply-To: ho@fergvax.unl.edu Distribution: usa Lines: 19 From article <26367@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, by ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth): > In article <2305@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> jfy@phobos.cis.ksu.edu (Joseph F. Young S89) writes: >>Looking through some magazine advertisements, I found >>the NEC V20 chip which was described in the ad as >>giving a 10 to 40% increase in performance as compared to > I cannot speak to the V20. I do have considerable experience with the > V30 (replacement for the 8086). First, the punch line: for a very minor > expenditure, you get a MAJOR improvement. I email'ed the original poster, but since that's the second email I've sent on the subject, I'll waste bandwidth. I have had great luck with the V20. It gives a 10-20% real improvement, and really does wonders for graphics applications. The V20 speeds the heck out of integer math and memory operations. And it's cheap. I say, you can't beat it for the buck. --- ... Michael Ho, University of Nebraska