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#1 2003-01-19 1:10 pm
- Denibriliny_
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68040 vs 68LC040
How much faster is it with fpu? I don't just mean in tasks that use fpu, but in everything. Like for example, if I upgrade it to a full 68040, will I get any more speed in say, gameboy emulation?
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#2 2003-01-19 2:14 pm
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Re: 68040 vs 68LC040
I know it is much faster for basic operations. I had a quadra that I upped to a full '040 and everything sped up. For gameboy emulation, I can only assume that since games use a lot of math, and you have an fpu now, it would make a big difference.
Hope it helps.
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#4 2003-03-08 11:41 am
- Derek W.
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Re: 68040 vs 68LC040
I picked up a Centris 650 from my district's school auction, and it is SUPPOSED to have a full 25Mhz 68040, but instead it has a 68LC040. Why is this? Was it a cost cutting built-to-order option?
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#5 2003-03-09 10:44 pm
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Re: 68040 vs 68LC040
idunno - it was a Centris.Apple probably pulled stunts like that from time to time without telling anybody. I have a full-fledged Quadra 650, with the 33 MHz 68040 (Not LC) and it rocks.
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#6 2003-03-10 11:43 pm
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Re: 68040 vs 68LC040
It *SHOULD* run MpegDec (an MP3 player for 68k Macs) better than the LC '040, but i'm not sure. Sometime when i get the chance i must load up the LC630 (which has a full '040, btw) with the latest version and find out! 
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#7 2003-03-14 1:50 am
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Re: 68040 vs 68LC040
Go with the upgrade if it a reasonable price and you do use that computer a lot. If you use it a lot it is worth the money to make the computer just that much faster.
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