#MIPS & other benchmarks
12-Nov-92 13:07:26
Sb: #29699-#MIPS & other benchmarks
Fm: Suresh Kavan 76004,311
To: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
Ben, I'm confused. I own a 486/33, a 386/20, an A2000 w/040 a Mac SE30,
(and tho' I hate to admit it, an Atari ST). Each attracts different kinds
of software apps, but from a SUBJECTIVE point of view, the 486 eats the
040/28 alive! Perhaps its simply the Amiga's slow screen updates that leads
me to that conclusion. Whatever the reason, the PC is always the box that
comes to hand UNLESS a specific application demands otherwise. 3D
Renderings appear to be faster. Word Processors appear to be snappier.
Spreadsheets recalc quicker etc.. etc…
It could simply be the applications. But I find it difficult to believe
that PC apps are consistently 'better' and more 'efficiently' written than
their Amiga and Macintosh counterparts.
As gor the MIPS debate, as a humble end-user I USE IT only to measure
relative speeds between different processor configurations on my AMIGA. NOT
for cross processor comparisons. In the absence of easily available and
believable cross platform tools, subjective opinions win the day.
For me, the 486 wins the laurels.