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Offline BozzerBigD

Re: A1222 game console poll
« on: February 23, 2019, 08:21:26 PM »
The AmigaOne computers are custom designed computers and are not suited for game console uses. Heck the on board audio STILL hasn't got a driver for AmigaOS! It is likely that none of the drivers are optimised yet. Software has to be optimised for the Tabor needing more work than getting it running on a X1000 / X5000 or Sam machine. If it resembles any console it would be the PS3, requiring much nuturing and optimisation effort over the standard XBox 360 ports. The difference is that the Tabor CPU is NOT an exotic overpowered CPU it is an exotic slow (but cheap) CPU without a standard FPU. Price and timing has dictated the CPU choice whereas the PS3 had the Cell CPU specifically designed and fabbed for it (debatable returns on that investment however). I personally think the Cell is great and that the choice was redeemed by the work of Naughty Dog and The Last of Us in particular. However, exotic CPUs should not as a rule be used for game consoles. The SNES and PS3 are examples of successes despite exotic CPUs but they are the exception. The Amiga would not have been a success without the 68k line and a standard three core variant of the Cell PPE served the XBox 360 fine for the majority of its life cycle.
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