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From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: What to buy??(numbercruncher)
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Date: 19 Jun 91 18:28:36 GMT
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In article <63@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:

   "Even the IIfx isn't as fast as a 3000/25."

   That's bull. The IIfx will blow the 3000 away. It has two dedicated I/O
   chips (SCSI DMA too, which can be used with Unix), and a killer graphics
   coprocessed board (the 8-24GC) (which was released with the IIfx). I doubt
   you've done any kind of serious benchmarks.

I think you must be under Unix(SYSVR2) to take advantage of the I/O
coprocessors in the IIfx.  System 7 doesn't even utilize them.  That
killer graphics coprocessor board won't work with System 7.0 for a few
more months.  However, if you want a real killer graphics board, I
would recommend the NeXTDimension board for the NeXT Cube.  I haven't
seen any benchmarks, but it is using an i860, so I'm willing to be
that it's damn fast!

-Mike