In article <149### [at] incit>, "Redaelli Paolo" <red### [at] incit> wrote:
>Matthew Mc Clement <mat### [at] globalnetuk> wrote:
>>> Mathias Broxvall wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > Matthew Mc Clement <mat### [at] globalnetuk> wrote:
>>> > 
>>> > > Crays are good too. Apparently forcasting the weather and then getting
>>> > > it wrong requires massive calculations...;-). Seriously I suggest the
>>> > > Intel MMX, as it has a faster fpu.
>>> > 
>>> > Or the 604 or G3's which are even faster at floatingpoints.
>>> 


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>>How much for a cray then? In my latest computer magasine I find 233Mhz 

>>Actually I've heard that 604's is faster than G3's on floating points
>>and they cost even less.
>Let me tell you that PowerPc 604 and 750 (alias G3) at any
>frequency above 250 Mhz, are ALL Better than ANY Pentium II
>in almost every speed test!
>The fastest G3 now avaible is TWICE as fast as the FASTEST
>PEntium II 333 Mhz, running PhotoShop!!!!
>Have you any other doubts about FPu ???
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Except, don't they use a Reduced instruction set? which is faster for some 
things and slower for others?

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