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From: richard richard@neabbs.UUCP (RICHARD RONTELTAP)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re:V20 info wanted
Message-ID: <16577@neabbs.UUCP>
Date: 8 Aug 88 10:24:18 GMT
Organization: NEABBS multi-line BBS +31-20-717666 (12x), Amsterdam, Holland
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When upgrading a 8088 to a nec v20, you can expect a general increase
of performance of 5%. With heavy math this is 20%
 
Unfortunately I've found that some XT's don't format the harddisk
correctly on low-level with the v20.
 
My opinion: It isn't worth the trouble. AT's are quite cheap now. A
10Mhz AT will give you a REAL speed boost.
 
Richard
 
PS Don't believe Norton SI which reports a performance index of 70%.