| From: | Lee Procter |
| Date: | 5 Aug 2000 at 11:35:14 |
| Subject: | Re: 060/75 fpu? |
--- In amigactive@egroups.com, Matt Sealey <matt@k...> wrote:
> Hello Lee
>
> On 01-Aug-00, you wrote:
>
> > This 060 75 mhz card being advertised. I know it does not include
fpu.
> > Can one be added?
>
> No.
>
> > There is mmu, right?
>
> Yes.
>
> > Is it any good?
>
> Not if you need an FPU. And with an 060, the only thing you could
feasibly
> do that fast WITHOUT an FPU would be a bit of MP3 decoding.
>
> 60 MIPS means absolutely bugger all, though. Why? Because first of
all,
> MIPS are a test of raw speed on selected, optimised instructions.
I am programming a 3D game, and 60 Million Instructions Per Second is
a lot more useful than my current 14. However you are right about fpu
as hidden line removal and local points would be calculated much
faster.
Thanks for help
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