[comp.sys.hp] 25MHz '040 vs 50MHz '030

tt@euler.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen) (05/06/91)

In article <1991May4.144849*Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no> Steinar.Haug@delab.sintef.no (Steinar Haug) writes:


>68040 question: We have received a number of 25 MHz 68040 upgrades for our
>400t's.Can anybody tell me if this upgrade is worth the work (upgrade to 7.05
>on servers). I would expect better floating point performance, but does a 25
>MHz 68040 really have any better integer performance than a 50 MHz 68030?

I just did the upgrade, and dhrystones went from 16393 to 27777 (69%).
The OS upgrade was the easiest I've ever done, and installing the '040
was a piece of cake, too.
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Tapani Tarvainen    (tarvaine@jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)