Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Lawson English
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 08:40

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Robert Salasidis <salasidis@medcor.mcgill.ca> wrote:
[snipt]
: All games that are worth anything use absolutely zero floating point in critical 
: areas. Floating point is too inefficient, and integers are used exclusively 
: (this is for all games that require real time action).

Really?

You're sure that no Mac-only 3D VR games make use of the FP on the PowerPCs?

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Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
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