re x x how do they compare michael ameres f n z fidonet org michael ameres writes i believe it goes or will go powerpc pentium not quite mhz pentium specint specfp mhz mc specint specfp note that specint is more important for most real world applications as far as the dx goes specint specfp in a resent article in one of the macmags i think a mhz accelerator was slightly slower than a mhz accel but this is using a system designed for the so it stands to reason that a system designed for an ie quadra would do better so overall i d figure or so along the same lines the new powerpc stuff is supposed to run the system at the level of a fast quadra but system or whatever will allow times the speed of a in the powerpc based systems and wait for the i think it laps the pentium intel chips have traditionally been faster than their motorola equivalents although the significance of chip speed in real world application performance is something that is highly debatable pro life pro women michael ameres internet michael ameres f n z fidonet org ravikumar venkateswar rvenkate uiuc edu a pun is a no blessed form of whit
