68060 vs 68040

[fishy_fiz]

Depends on what you want it for. Yes an '060 is somewhat faster, but for some uses bottlenekcs will come from elsewhere so will give no visible improvements vs. '040.

[fishy_fiz]

I dont know where this whole "'040 has trouble with whdload" thing comes from. Ive had no more problems with an '040 than I even did with an '030.
If your main interest is in running whdload though there's no need to go beyond an '030 anyway.

[fishy_fiz]

And '060 is missing even more isntructions than '040.
The difference in your experiences may be due to the '060 being set up properly and the '040 not.
I currently use a 40mhz '040 and 9 out of 10 whdload games work just fine. Pretty much the same level of compatibility as an '030 when I used to use one.

[fishy_fiz]

The thing with watching videos on a classic is that youre going to have to convert files to watch with good results regardless of which 680x0 cpu youre using. If you take it to the nth degree you'll get away with even an '030 + fast ram so long as you have enough storage space. Obviously a faster cpu has more chance of coping with industry standard formats (maybe mpeg1 for low res video will be ok on an overclocked '060), but end of the day its not the same as watching videos on a modern mac/pc/console/etc., you pretty much need to "amiga-fy" the video anyway.

The '060 will be faster, but due to the need to convert videos anyway, it'll be more of a case of the need to less "optimising" the video needed than better results.