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Article #2131Re: Math Co-Processor and Doom
From: gf... Gary Finley
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 17:16
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 1994 17:16
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Joseph W. Vigneau writes > > Um, *all* 486s have an FPU built in, except the SXs... Correct me if I'm > wrong... You're not wrong, but I doubt that Doom uses the FPU at all. I've just built a new 486SX-25 (no FPU) and Doom runs just as fast as it does on a 486DX-25 that has floating point, plenty fast enough for good play. -------------------------------------------- Gary Finley, Univ. of Alberta Psychology Dept. gf...@psych.ualberta.ca (NeXTmail welcome!)
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