Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!agate!ucbvax!hplabs!hp-pcd!hpcvca!scott
From: scott@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Scott Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: V20 vs. 8088: Is there any useful difference?
Message-ID: <5640011@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Jul 89 23:51:33 GMT
References: <2305@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
Lines: 18

/ hpcvca:comp.sys.ibm.pc / ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) /  4:56 pm  Jul 16, 1989 /

>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    <ho@fergvax.unl.edu>
----------

I agree.  I replaced the 8088 in my HP150 computer with a V20 (cost: $12).
I noticed quite a performance increase with microsoft windows, and
other graphics oriented programs (integer arithmetic?).

Overall, about 10-20%.

Scott Linn