Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!jyu.fi!euler!tt From: tt@euler.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: 25MHz '040 vs 50MHz '030 (was Re: BSD and HPUX ...) Message-ID: Date: 5 May 91 19:13:08 GMT References: <1991May2.202710.5152@odin.diku.dk> <1991May4.144849*Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no> Sender: news@tukki.jyu.fi (News articles) Organization: University of Jyvaskyla Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no's message of 4 May 91 12: 48:49 GMT Originator: tt@euler.jyu.fi Nntp-Posting-Host: euler.jyu.fi In article <1991May4.144849*Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no> Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no (Steinar Haug) writes: >68040 question: We have received a number of 25 MHz 68040 upgrades for our >400t's.Can anybody tell me if this upgrade is worth the work (upgrade to 7.05 >on servers). I would expect better floating point performance, but does a 25 >MHz 68040 really have any better integer performance than a 50 MHz 68030? I just did the upgrade, and dhrystones went from 16393 to 27777 (69%). The OS upgrade was the easiest I've ever done, and installing the '040 was a piece of cake, too. -- Tapani Tarvainen (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)