On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, SteveA wrote:
> Question though, in a previous email, some one stated that the MMX
> version on a 500Mhz x86 would get roughly 146K iterations a sec. I have
> a 450Mhz x86 and only get 99K iterations a second with the MMX core
> under WinNT. Is there really that much overhead with NT compared to unix
> to account for the 50,000 iteration a second differnce?
Yes.;)
My 300mhz Celeron, with the MMx code, gets 106k, and my overclocked (to
266) Cyrix PR233 gets 70k with the MMX. FreebBSD 3.0-r on one, BSDi 4.01
on the second.
later...david
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David Raistrick '69 Westy-Ichigo (retired:( ) keen@digital-galaxy.net
'82 Westy-Maxine (Mom's)
'66 SO-44 Westy (Daily Driver) in Augusta Ga
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