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Article #264Re: How much faster?
From: Carl T. Donath
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:25
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 18:25
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A 486-66 will run, in general, about 6 times faster than a 386-33. Fractint running in floating point mode may be, say, 7 or 8 times faster (more efficient FPU plus shorter communication time between CPU and FPU). These are generalizations. Anyone got some real benchmarks with Fractint? ------ Speaking of speed, how much would people give for a Mandelbrot/Julia generator board that, say, runs a few times faster than a 486 and computes with 128-bit precision? I've been thinking of developing a Mandelbrot/Julia chip, and want to know if it would be worth my time. -- _____/ ctdonath@rodan.acs.syr.edu Carl T Donath \_____ / The second amendment is the only right that guarantees \ \ the preservation of all other rights. /
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Newsgroups: sci.fractals Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!newstand.syr.edu!ctdonath From: ctdonath@mothra.syr.EDU (Carl T. Donath) Subject: Re: How much faster? Message-ID: <CTDONATH.92Dec17130714@mothra.syr.EDU> In-reply-to: noring@netcom.com's message of Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:28:00 GMT Organization: Syracuse University References: <1992Dec15.022800.20015@netcom.com> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 13:25:21 EST Lines: 16