🚀 go-pugleaf

David Sommers <sommers@ix.netcom.com> writes:

} DarkStar wrote:
} > [....]
} > >Therefore, I would like to know if anyone has any hard data
} > >(not feelings or rumors) about the performance of Pentium
} > >Pro running 16 bit applications comparing them to the Pentium.
} > 
} > I've read in PC Magazine, and Computer Shopper that the 16 bit apps run
} > slower on a Pentium Pro.[....]

} Slower than what? A 4.77 MHz IBM-PC with 64 Kb of RAM, or a 150 MHz 
} Pentium with 256 Kb of cache and 32 Mb of RAM? I somehow guess that DOOM 2 
} and Quake will run just fine on a measy little PP-200. And wait for a 
} Pentium Pro built version of Quake for NT 4.0 with Xdirect video and 
} sound. 

} Wake up and smell the roses.

} Bye.

ahh, yes. but why buy a brand new PPro computer if you are going to hold it
down to 16 bit apps? yes, the PPro runs 16 bit apps about 20% slower than
a P5 at the same speed.

but would you buy a brand new 1996 Corvette and only run it 20 MPH on
side streets?

to the original poster: if you plan on using WinNT from now on, go for
the PPro. in about a year, NT will be the only thing on new gateway
machines. and even Bill Gates himself has said that NT is the big
push. Win95 is only to keep us hooked until NT is ready for the
consumer market. as soon as WinNT is ready for common public use, you
can say "bye bye" to Win95!

-- 
Brian
bdp@interaccess.com
"Its all just 1's and 0's"