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11 Aug 2024 01:19:17 EDT (-0400)
  Re: AMD K2 (eMachine) slow pov-ray performance  
From: Fabien
Date: 27 Sep 1999 04:24:28
Message: <37EF29B4.6B5A1ECA@skynet.be>
Nieminen Juha wrote:
> 
>   Of course the problem in your case can't be the video card, but the point
> is that the MHz amount can be very misleading. Some poor component can make
> the computer slower than other with half of MHz's.
>   Perhaps you have a slow component slowing down the whole thing.

>   Also I think that AMD has a quite slow FPU.

 Not that much !  It's MAYBE 10% slower in FPU than equivalent Intel,
but the memory management is better, so for Pov it's equivalent and
even sometimes better...
 There is a big problem with that computer !  (maybe it's the P120
who is wonderful, hehe !)

Fabien.


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