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Article #1159Re: Aplha vs. Pentium
From: bohlkejh
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:53
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 18:53
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In article <00965E8C.5E07CBC0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2760carpente@vms.csd.mu.edu (METALLICA) writes: > This question has been bugging me for a while and so I finally decided to post > it. The new chip from DEC (Alhpa) is going to run Windows NT along with VMS > and UNIX. If a 'Alpha' PC is running Windows NT, will this PC be faster than a > 'Pentium' PC running Windows. I mean, are these CPU's comparable...? I am > assuming that the Alpha PC will be better and faster... Any comments.. > Benchmarks.. > Have a great new year everyone.. It all depends on what DEC machine you run it on. It might be compareable to a DEC AXP 3000-500, but that is the low end dog. Jon
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!usenet.ucs.indiana.edu!master.cs.rose-hulman.edu!master.cs.rose-hulman.edu!news From: bohlkejh@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.intel Subject: Re: Aplha vs. Pentium Date: 31 Dec 1992 18:53:03 GMT Organization: Computer Science Department at Rose-Hulman Lines: 15 Message-ID: <1hvfifINN436@master.cs.rose-hulman.edu> References: <00965E8C.5E07CBC0@vms.csd.mu.edu> Reply-To: bohlkejh@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: manager.nextwork.rose-hulman.edu