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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: lassie on September 02, 2012, 01:42:39 AM
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Hi guys i got an Amiga 1200 last week, and think it is a cool machine, and today i purchased an Apollo 1230 with 32 meg. Is it a good upgrade for my Amiga? and is it good for 3D games?
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For 3D, recommended min CPU is 040 or 060. My 68030 50MHz barely plays Doom at 7-10fps.
Some games are more playable then others.
Which game you have in mind?
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For 3D, recommended min CPU is 040 or 060. My 68030 50MHz barely plays Doom at 7-10fps.
Some games are more playable then others.
Which game you have in mind?
Hi i was thinking games like Gloom and Fears and breathless. i thought i could run Doom fairly well since it had 32 mb ram but mayby i was mistaking :)
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You should be fine with that card.. not for breathless but gloom and fears should b fine
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Gloom and Fears should work fine, and yes Doom needs RAM, like 6-8MB, but you need more CPU power to get things running smoothly.
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This is hard to answer because "playable" means different things to different people.
Fears and Alien Breed 3D both runs decent on an 030/25 and well on an 030/50.
Gloom about the same.
Breathless is playable if you tweak the screen size on a 50 mhz, as is Doom, but it won't be that smooth.
Genetic Species runs pretty decent on 50 mhz as well. Gotta have more than 8 megs of RAM for sound though, as far as I can tell.
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Thanks for your input :) there is hope for some 3D action with this board. I just hope whdload still will work as it does now.
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Do you guys know if i can use the power supply that came with the Amiga 1200, with this board and and hard disks? or do i need a different power supply?
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Hi guys i got an Amiga 1200 last week, and think it is a cool machine, and today i purchased an Apollo 1230 with 32 meg. Is it a good upgrade for my Amiga? and is it good for 3D games?
Try Frontier Elite... really cool 3D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbegNmKRZUM
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Try Frontier Elite... really cool 3D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbegNmKRZUM
Hi i must check this game out :)
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For 3D, recommended min CPU is 040 or 060. My 68030 50MHz barely plays Doom at 7-10fps.
Some games are more playable then others.
Which game you have in mind?
my setup blizzard030/50 fpu does doom quite well ...ran doom 2 off the cd rom wasnt bad ..bit slowish ..made the screen smaller ..less detail ..was playable ..played heretic ..more like watched it ..jerky ..ran hexen
basically not playable but cool to see my 1200 running it ..
wanted to get quake going but never got a copy of the file to run it or an original cd etc..so missed out on that one ..
ive read ..somewhere ..that forsaken is possible ..on my 030 i doubt it ..but never tried it ..often wondered if the akiko chip in cd 32 would make 3d better ..i have had microcosm running on my 1200 without akiko chip ..seemed it used the fpu on the accelerator i was using then ..
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my setup blizzard030/50 fpu does doom quite well ...ran doom 2 off the cd rom wasnt bad ..bit slowish ..made the screen smaller ..less detail ..was playable ..played heretic ..more like watched it ..jerky ..ran hexen
basically not playable but cool to see my 1200 running it ..
wanted to get quake going but never got a copy of the file to run it or an original cd etc..so missed out on that one ..
ive read ..somewhere ..that forsaken is possible ..on my 030 i doubt it ..but never tried it ..often wondered if the akiko chip in cd 32 would make 3d better ..i have had microcosm running on my 1200 without akiko chip ..seemed it used the fpu on the accelerator i was using then ..
Sounds like i can play some 3D games on this board fairly well
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Sounds like i can play some 3D games on this board fairly well
Yup! I left the Amiga scene before the 3D games became popular, and when I came back in the early 2000's I went straight to '060. Lately I've been diggin' my newly assembled A1200/030 (for WHDLoad perfection) and am really impressed with how a lot of those games run... most are 100% playable. :-)
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Yup! I left the Amiga scene before the 3D games became popular, and when I came back in the early 2000's I went straight to '060. Lately I've been diggin' my newly assembled A1200/030 (for WHDLoad perfection) and am really impressed with how a lot of those games run... most are 100% playable. :-)
So you think all whdload games will still work with this new board i am going to get?
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So you think all whdload games will still work with this new board i am going to get?
With WHDload, the majority of compatibility issues are no problem at all.
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With WHDload, the majority of compatibility issues are no problem at all.
okay that is good to know :) i checked out the game Speris Legacy you guys talked about, looks like a cool game, i have never tried it before. But i read it was one of the last game from Team 17 on the Amiga. they knew how to make good games i must say :)
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Lassie, how fast CPU do you have on the card? 25/33/40/50 MHz?
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Lassie, how fast CPU do you have on the card? 25/33/40/50 MHz?
sys info on the pictures i saw says 35 Mhz
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sys info on the pictures i saw says 35 Mhz
Nice, How do Alien breed 3D 1-2 and fears, breathless, doom etc play?
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Nice, How do Alien breed 3D 1-2 and fears, breathless, doom etc play?
Hi i do not know i have not gotten the board yet. It will be sent to me tomorrow from Uk. I only have seen pictures of it running and sys info. But i am looking forward for it to come :-)
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Hi the Apollo 1230 board came today :) it is always nice to get some new Amiga stuff. But the ram is glued onto the board, can that gives me trouble in the future or what do you think?
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Hi the Apollo 1230 board came today :) it is always nice to get some new Amiga stuff. But the ram is glued onto the board, can that gives me trouble in the future or what do you think?
I dno not think so, not much to worry about, if it should give you trouble just remove the glue and re-seat them, post a picture of it :)
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I dno not think so, not much to worry about, if it should give you trouble just remove the glue and re-seat them, post a picture of it :)
Yes i will post a picture soon :) just to know what is the best way to get glue off? I also got a boxed Amiga 600 today :)
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Yes i will post a picture soon :) just to know what is the best way to get glue off? I also got a boxed Amiga 600 today :)
I can't really say anything untill I know how it looks :)