At 15:01 +0000 on 23/03/02, Mark Benson wrote:

>On Saturday, March 23, 2002, at 12:50 PM, Goetz Hoffart wrote:
>
>> Which Mac do you own? In a 68030 Mac I would add the FPU if there's
>> already an empty socket for it. But if I would have to buy an adapter
>> card or to change my 68LC040 I would'n do it. A 68LC040 (without FPU) is
>> faster than a typical 68030+68882 ...
>
>The 68LC040 is as fast as any straight 68040, which is much faster than
>any 68030, FPU or no FPU. The LC040 just falls flat on it's face when
>you throw math functions at it where as the 040 has the FPU to deal with
>them.

Funny, that, because the LC040 still beats up on the 68030 with the 68882.
Speedometer serves to prove this quite nicely.  A Q605, stock, will beat a
IIfx in math functions despite the IIfx's FPU and clear clock speed
advantage.

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