RE: Is XL300 or EBP41-AN any good?

[Maurice Hilarius <maurice harddata com>]

With regards to your message at 01:16 AM 12-02-98 +0800, Bernard Chew, Lai
Wan. Where you stated:
>Not to start a x86 vs Alpha discussion, but could you comment on the 
>relative performance of XL300 vs x86 performance on FP and Integer 
>apps under Linux-Axp and Linux-x86 respectively?
>
>Basically, it's to see if I'm getting my money's worth. I'll be paying 
>about US$1500 (inlcuding shipping) for the 300MHz XL300 with 64MB Ram, 
>2GB Hdd and 16GB PCI video card combination. In x86 world, that buys a 
>PII-350 or 400MHz system. But if the XL300 gives about equivalent 
>performance, I'm willing to give it a try.
>
>Thanks
>
>Bernard Chew
It doesn't If you want that performance level you need an LX or UX based
21164 system.
And yes, that costs a bit more than a Pentium 2 solution ( although not
much). About 25% more.

If price/performance on integer is your ONLY reason for buying, then I
doubt you will want this.


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