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From: urjlew@uncecs.edu (Rostyk Lewyckyj)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Real System Comparisons
Summary: Again - I'd like to see some performance comparisons Please!
Message-ID: <1990Aug9.000233.8928@uncecs.edu>
Date: 9 Aug 90 00:02:33 GMT
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Mr. Haynie
I have on several previous occasions requested real verifiable 
performance comparisons between available AMIGA configurations
and various other machines especially IBM PC type clones,
on floating point problems of various kinds and sizes.
So far everybody flaming on this MSBYS topic has studiously avoided
publishing such results. 
Machine, configuration, cost,  
problem, system set-up
Compiler and options used to build executable, cost
running times, accuracy figures if available.
  
I have suggested that Spec mark numbers would be very nice
I have suggested the following problems: Linpack 300 x 300, 4096 point
fft, and a few other such problems.
  
You have asked for the street price of a hypothetical A3000 equivalent
machine configuration. Can you supply us with some real performance
figures that support your basis for claiming such equivalence.
Mr Joon Song answered your posting with his equivalent to your proposed
system and a price from Microtimes. Would that system in fact satisfy
your criteria?  on the basis of performance? on the basis of quality?
or does it fail on these or other not previously stated criteria?
  
Your explanations of various hardware considerations are always very
informative, but I can not understand your reticence to defend your
creation with hard performance comparison results. Surely such
results exist?
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