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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: AAACHIPSET on April 18, 2012, 12:48:09 PM
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using amiga1200 how realistic speed increase is 060 in comparison to o4o.
internet? not many games need 060...playin dvd possible..
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using amiga1200 how realistic speed increase is 060 in comparison to o4o.
internet? not many games need 060...playin dvd possible..
If by internet you mean using a webbrowser: forget it. Utter and complete torture. This is not only because of the lack of speed of an 060, but also AGA not being fast enough to process all data. Combine this with ancient software, lacking basic features like CSS.
If by internet you mean ftp, e-mail and chat: no problem. Works great.
And playing a DVD? :-D
An 060 is very fast using classic Amigasoftware from the (early) 90-ies. It is more or less comparable to a Pentium 1 of about the same clockspeed.
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68040 does 1.1 MIPS per clock, 68060 does 1.33.
A person also has to take into account that the '060 runs at a higher clock rate, plus its superscalar architecture. a 50mhz '060 is probably on average 1.5 times the speed of a 40mhz '040, but on occasion it's closr to 2x the speed. While higher clocked '060's are faster they dont scale well in some situations due to ram bandwidth being a bottleneck.
The difference is definately noticable, although dvd playback is still too much for an '060, especially when using aga.
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68040 does 1.1 MIPS per clock, 68060 does 1.33.
A person also has to take into account that the '060 runs at a higher clock rate, plus its superscalar architecture. a 50mhz '060 is probably on average 1.5 times the speed of a 40mhz '040, but on occasion it's closr to 2x the speed. While higher clocked '060's are faster they dont scale well in some situations due to ram bandwidth being a bottleneck.
The difference is definately noticable, although dvd playback is still too much for an '060, especially when using aga.
Ditto.
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68040 does 1.1 MIPS per clock, 68060 does 1.33.
A person also has to take into account that the '060 runs at a higher clock rate, plus its superscalar architecture. a 50mhz '060 is probably on average 1.5 times the speed of a 40mhz '040, but on occasion it's closr to 2x the speed. While higher clocked '060's are faster they dont scale well in some situations due to ram bandwidth being a bottleneck.
The difference is definately noticable, although dvd playback is still too much for an '060, especially when using aga.
curious then...my cd32 has fmv card plays vcd ok...any 1200 soft/hardware capable of same..
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My 060 rev6 is working perfectly at 105 Mhz on my Apollo 1260 !
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curious then...my cd32 has fmv card plays vcd ok...any 1200 soft/hardware capable of same..
Ehm... You do realise that, while the size of the discs may be identical, vcd is not identical to dvd?
Let me spell it out: you can not play dvd on an 060 equiped A1200, period.
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curious then...my cd32 has fmv card plays vcd ok...any 1200 soft/hardware capable of same..
Doesn't the CD32 FMV card use an mpeg decoder chip and a genlock to display the video? So get yourself a genlock and a DVD player with a control port and you'll have something similar.
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My 060 rev6 is working perfectly at 105 Mhz on my Apollo 1260 !
Wow..
If only we could speed up AGA somehow..
@PSXphil
What are you talking about? What does a genlock have to do with anything?
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Amiga custom hardware is good but not that good! Why would you want to watch DVDs on your computer when standalone DVD players are so cheap - hardly worth the effort
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The FMV module contains an mpeg decoder chip, which is why it plays reasonable quality video.
As for playing videos on a classic amiga, I understand the appeal even if its not practical. It's quite fun, if tedious at times to convert videos to a format an upgraded amiga can cope ok with. DVD unfortunately just isnt one of those formats.
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i do realize the dvd vcd difference..but im one of those guys who got win3.1 working on a a500 with pctask ..its a hobby..just fun to do..