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From: jaym@nuchat.UUCP (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Nec v20 Performance in a PC
Message-ID: <357@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 1-Oct-87 20:23:08 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  1 20:23:08 1987
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References: <3894@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>
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Summary: The V20 isn't as great an improvement as SI would have you believe.

In article <3894@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, dsnow@watdcsu.UUCP writes:
> Has Anyone with a V20 in their PC ever run Nortons SI? ( SYSINFO ).
> Would someone post or mail me the response from this. Thanks.

I ran a V20 in my Compaq Plus since it first came out (the V20, not the
machine :-) until I sold it several months ago. The original machine posted
a 1.0 (not surprising). Addition of a V20 jumped that to 1.7 to 1.8.

However, that's a lousy benchmark. I noted only a 7-11 percent improvement
in real-world tasks (Turbo Pascal compiles from/to memory, AutoCAD
recalcs, etcetera). In short, it's a nice, cheap way to get a few percent
more out of your machine for about $10...but don't expect more than that.

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