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Originally Posted by Tolgod
Again, I understand that there is no easy thumb rule for this as it will very much depend on the software and how much fpp is going on, so I'm hoping someone here might have some real life experience with this type of use and the actual influence an fpu will have on it.
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If you have a suitable machine to run WinUAE this seems to me the ideal scenario to use it.
Setup a profile with appropriate hardware and software (if on CF you could easily clone your existing drive) but no FPU and time how long it takes to load a page. Ensure cycle accurate and not JIT is set as you're not actually interested in running as fast as possible.
Then do the same again but with an FPU.
It's not going to be directly applicable as the network stack will be somewhat different and may be hard to tell if there is only a 1% difference but it would be obvious if you see for example a 50% improvement.