Reply 20 of 32, by swaaye
When I compared a 160 MHz AM5x86 and a Pentium Overdrive 83, the POD was about twice as fast in FPU tests I think. Pentium's FPU is far superior to any 486 clone.
However, MP3 decoding should not need a FPU. MP3s are played on a lot of devices without an FPU.