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From: cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz)
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Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right?
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Date: 12 Oct 90 13:29:45 GMT
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In article <117@pacvax.UUCP> matt@pacvax.UUCP (Matt Kingman) writes:
>Here's results for a IIfx running Speedometer 2.0 (*no FPU support*).
>
>KWhets/sec:        202.020
>Dhrys/sec:         9966.777
>Sieve:             0.350 sec for 10 times
>Savage err:        2.2974e-11
>Savage time:       12.050
>Savage iterations: 5000
>
>CPU test:          12.20
>Math:              26.87
>Disk:              5.00
>Performance:       13.68
>
>I would say that it definitely blows the Amiga away.

I would feel more comfortable if the SAME benchmarking program was
used in this "test."  That said, the FX does indeed perform faster
than an Amiga emulating a Mac.  You also have to consider a few things:

1.  The Amiga is emulating a Mac+

2.  The amiga is only clocked at 25mhz (roughly half of the 40mhz FX speed)

3.  The FX costs 3 times as much as this Amiga.

If the fx was running at 3 or more times the speed of the Amiga setup,
I might be impressed.  All the FX shows is that if you throw enough
money at a problem, you can get slightly increased performance.  BTW,
I use a Mac IIcx on a regular basis and I love it.  I just think that
Apple products are too damned expensive for the utility they provide.

>---
>Matt Kingman - Macintosh Software Engineer
>Pacer Software Inc. - Westboro, MA 01581
>Disclaimer:  I speak only for myself.....

Cordially,

Chris Mauritz - not a Macintosh Software Engineer


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