connery@bnrmtv.UUCP (Glenn Connery) (03/11/86)
I have been successfully using a NEC V30 (cost me around $18 I think)
in my DeskPro for some time. Installation was simple and has made me
quite happy. I don't have any performance figures on hand but everything
has much more of a snap to it than before. Apparently the V30 is more
of an improvement over the 8086 than the V20 over the 8088. I remember
reading that someplace, probably Dr. Dobb's I suspect. Anyway, I've had
no compatibility problems and I recommend it highly...
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Glenn Connery, Bell Northern Research, Mountain View, CA
{hplabs,amdahl,3comvax}!bnrmtv!connerytimothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson) (03/13/86)
Hi out there.. I too have a Compaq DeskPro and am using the NEC V30 processor in lieu of the stock 8086. I ran a few before and after benchmarks with the following results: Average improvements of 8 to 12% in most programs that are uP intensive (math functions, sorting, recalcs, the like), but a whopping 30 to 50% in I/O intensive functions (screen dumps, screen updates, e.g., updates to the screen within an editor, paging through a document, but not buss limited DMA transfers). Anyway, I like the the NEC device and haven't seen any incompatibilities with any of my software (includeing Ashton-Tate's Framework II with the superlok copy protection). Good Luck... -- Tim Margeson (206)253-5240 tektronix!tekigm2!timothym @@ 'Who said that?' PO Box 3500 d/s C1-465 Vancouver, WA. 98665