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From: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A3000 CPU Wars!!
Message-ID: <22170@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 14:00:56 GMT
References: <16888@helios.TAMU.EDU> <1991Jun5.060518.9683@news.iastate.edu>
Reply-To: mks@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun5.060518.9683@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>In article <16888@helios.TAMU.EDU>, aaf4808@venus.tamu.edu (FORD, ANDREW ALLEN) writes:
>>This is my first post, so bear with me....
>>MY  y bottom line question regarding the recent A3000 16/50
>>vs A3000 25./50 (or 100) is this:
>>
>>Suppose you have threee systems seitting in front of you.
>>One is an A3000 with 040 that disables motherboiard CPU.
>>One is an A3000 wit 16 mhxzz with 040 that uses motherboard CPU.
>>One is an A3000 25 mhz with 040 that uses motherboard CPU.
>>
>>All three run the same benchmark program.
>>
>>Which one is slowesrt and which one is fastest.? ?
>
>   If I am interpreting your message right, you are trying to compare
>three systems: one with just an '040 running, and two with both an '030
>and an '040 running.  If this is what you are asking, I have an easy
>answer: they will all produce exactly identical results.

Well, not quite... If the software runs on only one CPU, the first
sitiuation will run faster as there would be no competition for
RAM/motherboard/etc resources with the 68030 and thus the 68040 will
have the fastest access to those resources.

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