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Re: WinUAE 0.8.24 Released
« on: February 05, 2004, 12:38:01 PM »
Hmmm.... I dunno.

My work PC (admittedly not cutting edge): AMD Duron 1.2Ghz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 2000, Kyro II graphics card.

My best classic: A4000, Mediator 4000, Voodoo 3 3000, Cyberstorm MkIII and a bunch of PCI/Zorro cards.

In terms of raw cpu power (handling big archives), WinUAE does have a slight edge, but a lot of things aren't as good.

The P96 UAEGfx driver is sluggish compared to the P96 Voodoo 3 drivers on the 4000. Window refresh, scrolling in IBrowse, everything is more responsive on the A4000/Voodoo, and noticeably so.

A lot of games work under WinUAE, but it just doesn't seem as smooth as playing them on a proper 15Khz synced PAL display from the 4000 (or my 1200).

Also, it does seem to have a slight latency (not slowness, just latency) that isn't present on my real Amigas, my AmigaONE with OS4, or even my friends Amithlon box.

Don't get me wrong, I think UAE and WinUAE are really nice programs, and have done a lot of good for the Amiga, I just still prefer the real thing.
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Re: WinUAE 0.8.24 Released
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2004, 11:30:14 AM »
It is good, but unfortunately not quite as realistic as the floppy sound in the "SainT" atari ST emulator. Sure the motor, and the "clicks" sound good, but the grind when the head moves just doesn't sound like a floppy disk. SainT really has it spot on.
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