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Re: Pentium Pro cooks fast!

Date1997-04-20 21:05
FromGregory Boduch
SubjectRe: Pentium Pro cooks fast!
Attachmentsoscillates.c  
Robin Whittle wrote:
> 
> 
> I can't compare its performance to a Pentium, but it runs rings
> around the 486 100 MHz which I have been using for over a year.
> It is between 5.6 and 6 times the speed!
> 

As a side note, there seems to be a problem with the Pentium Pro cpu. A
Linux benchmark called Oscillates,  which simply tries to send as many
wavetable-lookup oscillators as it can to the dsp, returns a score of 42
oscillators on a P200 w/ 32Meg, 36 oscilators on a P166 MMX, and only
28 on a PPro 200 w/ 32Meg and 27 on a dual PPro 180 w/ 32Meg.

Any thoughts? The code for the benchmark by Dave Topper is included.

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