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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Cheeeky on November 21, 2007, 09:00:04 PM

Title: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: Cheeeky on November 21, 2007, 09:00:04 PM
Bogomips results show 98.68 before workbench and between 95.86 and 97.25 once fully booteed.

Does this sound about right for a Phase 5 Blizzard @ 50Mhz? I'm pretty sure it used to show around 80 - 84 MIPS...

Is my Amiga getting faster or what? Any ideas?

Cheers,

C
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: A1260 on November 21, 2007, 09:02:11 PM
please get of the magic mushrooms....
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: adolescent on November 21, 2007, 09:03:09 PM
That, or you're getting slower.  :lol:
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: Cheeeky on November 21, 2007, 09:03:21 PM
:-)

What are "normal" results for an 060 @ 50Mhz?
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: rkauer on November 21, 2007, 09:07:48 PM
 For the MIPS you related, you have a 060 CPU, right?

 To improve the speed, simply swap the crystal on the board for a 56, 60 or 66MHz unit.

 But beware: if you are using the SCSI kit, maybe you have problems with it (random crashes, memory problems, etc).
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: Damion on November 21, 2007, 09:14:29 PM
Lots of things can effect benchmarks somewhat, like whether your ROM is shadowed, patches, version of exec, etc.

As rkauer suggests, 66 mHz makes a huge improvement. Just make sure to add a little cooling, as some early revision 060's can get fairly warm at that speed.

Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: Cheeeky on November 21, 2007, 09:27:52 PM
Thanks for the replies, I guess it is a normal result, http://www.cyberelk.net/tim/parport/archive/hist/1092.html.

Must've just been setup really badly in the past ;-)

I know there are issues with the SCSI if I overclock, but does that affect the memory slot as well?

Cheers,

C
Title: Re: Is my Amiga getting faster?
Post by: rkauer on November 21, 2007, 11:12:38 PM
Quote

Cheeeky wrote:
I know there are issues with the SCSI if I overclock, but does that affect the memory slot as well?
Cheers,
C


 Yes, the overclock affects the SIMM too. But it's a trivial way to fix it: in the jumper section, select 70ns SIMMs, but instead use 60ns ones. Same for 70ns: select them as 80ns units.