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Hey all, sorry I don't wish to duplicate threads, but now I *think* I've got the hardware sorted out, the software still seems to not be quite there - hence starting a mediator software thread. hope this is ok.

so. A4000/040. mediator. Radeon9250. gets the beat down from a CV64/3D. what the heck? "the most powerfull graphics card on classic systems". nope. not to me. feels chuggy and glitchy.
latest Elbox software update installed? yup.
latest Picasso, sorry "P96" software installed? yup.
i'm HOPING it's just a CPU issue, missing local ram, having to use mainboard memory.

If anyones got a similar setup, could you post your P96speed output please? I just need some confirmation that this is correct.

here's mine:-
(a3k = A3000, cyberstorm3/060, cybervision64/3D - A500 = A500, Vampire2 - A4k = A4000 as above)

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      operation           A3k          A500         *A4k*
      
      RectFill            2889         4261         6722
      RectFillPattern     2842         6158         5875
      WritePixel        147969       301582        57870
      WriteChunkyPixels    741         6158          403
      WritePixelArray      730         6072          386
      WritePixelLine     30072        36449        11630
      DrawElipse          9874        24698         4920
      DrawCircle         10743        25527         5975
      Draw               14644         6768         1328
      DrawHor/Ver        24624        16067         9811
      ScrollRasterX        162          313         1259
      ScrollRasterY        160          389         1330
      Text               10351        12596         2849
      BltBitMap           8660         8530         6229
      BltBitMapRastPort   7058         7135         3368
      BitMapScaling         75          548           66
      
      Openwindow           103          172           20
      MoveWindow           392*        1135*          43
      SizeWindow           117*         261*          11
      ConOutput            371          652          104
      ScreenToFront         61           61           60

What version of pci.library are you running? They just released a new version a few days ago. I had a Radeon in mine, but I replaced it with a Voodoo 3, or I would test it. But I agree your numbers seem off. Then again you say the 4000 has an 040, but the other two have 060/080? That could be why the numbers are off. My mediator box has an 060/PPC.

aha. i'll give that a try. am running 9.11 of pci.library, and 2.23 of Radeon.card. thanks for the heads up on the new version, i hadn't spotted that.

i've even tried a flat install of OS3.1, cdrom (idefix) drivers, and then the mediator CD install, and the update .lha file CD2.5 (pre 31oct2019). and then update to P96 to v2.3.
running P96 speed generates slightly different numbers. some a little better, some a little worse. but effectively the same as i'm within a margin of error of a few points per thousand.

i managed to rectify a lot of my perceived user noticeable performance issues by maxing out the on board ram to 16meg from it's original 8meg. seems that crossing into zorro3 ram doubles down on putting a damper on performance.
i'd imagine you're right. not having access to true cpu local ram really hurts. that said, i figured something was right when the povray bench test was nearly two hours faster than previous, and a tiny bit faster than my a3k running the same test with the same cpu board. So i had high hopes P96 speed would be good. sadly no real change.

trouble is, local ram cpu boards are few and few between. if i get the time, i may swap the A3k and a4k cpu boards around and re-run the bench on both machines just as a double check

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