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S_JUFFA@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Norbert Juffa) writes:

   The cache is definitely the main source of the 486DLC's performance
   gain over the 80386. This can be easily deduced from the performance
   of Intel's RapidCAD chip which is basically a 486 without the cache
   and with a 386 pin out. While the RapidCAD offers roughly twice the
   floating point performance of the Intel 387DX, my benchmarks showed
   it to be at most 25% faster than the 80386. Typical performance gain
   for integer applications is more like 15% though. This definitely

Hmmm.. a local salesperson told me last May that this RapidCAD would
give up to 70 % more performance for both fp and int operations and
that the average gain is much less than 50 %. These numbers are agaist
a separate 386 & 387 system (with same clock). I have not tested it.

maybe he just tried to sell me on over expencive 486 motherboard.......
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