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Re: Is an FPU really important?
« on: May 14, 2008, 05:51:14 PM »
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SamOS39 wrote:
I what situations would your amiga require/benefit from having an FPU?

And who wold buy an 030 turbo board which didnt have an FPU (or FPU option)?

... just a bit of market research ..  ;-)

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Sam.


What software do you use? Many programs that require intensive numeric calculations (such as image processing, raytracing, etc) can take advantage of the FPU through the math library. "If memory serves."

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What is an FPU?

Improving your Amiga's performance
I think, Therefore - Amiga....