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

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From: Matt Peterson
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 1996 00:56

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In article <4d2id2$8po@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
Lawson English <english@primenet.com> writes:

> Really?
> 
> You're sure that no Mac-only 3D VR games make use of the FP on the PowerPCs?
> 
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> Lawson English                            __  __     ____  ___       ___ ____

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've been led to believe that fixed-point
"integer" math is almost always quicker than fpu floating-point math.

Matt Peterson
University of Kansas, Experimental Psychology

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