Guess this shows the K6 really is crap.....

200mmx 128meg = same settings for skyvase = 3 min 41 secs
p2-400 256meg =   "      "                = 1 min even.


yan### [at] pacbellnet wrote:
> 
> Hmmm... I have a W95 K6/233 32MB system.
> skyvase.pov 640x400 AA 0.2 took it 6m 17s with the v3.02 watcom  .exe file.
> At "no AA" it took 3m 49s


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>might be with my settings on the compiler more than anything else.  I'll
>tinker with that alittle.

Ok. The Windows version will always be slower than the DOS version (that's just
a fact of life of running it under a multitasking, graphical OS) but the
difference ought not to be as large as the 25% you saw.

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I got 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

Machine:

AMD K6 233, 64 MB RAM

pvengine.exe:

compiled using BC++5.0 for Pentium Pro (as per AMDs instructions), all
optimizations on.

BIOS write cache enabled via enwa.exe.

[also see below]

Jon

Mark Arrasmith wrote:
> 
> Well before you start to argue about speed make sure you can even compare.
> 
> This is the official speed test.  Run it and then post your times.
> 

> >Funny. I have a Pentium II 233, 64MB System. This is the part where I
> >lecture you about the K6's FPU performance, but I won't. :)
> >

And when I built my K6 system several months ago, that's when I'd have
lectured about the price difference between a K6 and a PII. ;-)

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In article <358741C0.FFF99352@mailexcite.com>,
Morpheus Dreamlord <mor### [at] mailexcitecom> wrote:
>Guess this shows the K6 really is crap.....
>
>200mmx 128meg = same settings for skyvase = 3 min 41 secs
>p2-400 256meg =   "      "                = 1 min even.

Sun Ultra II, 512 meg - 2:10

        Mike

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