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Offline JoseTopic starter

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Ok, I've read somewhere that the transfer speed is faster on the A4000/3000 versions of the PCI busboards cause the CPU connector is faster on the A4000 than the A1200's.
There was even this site, (now down) that clearly stated the Gfx boards were faster with the A4000's situation.
But recently, bout two months or so there were some tests (made by Karlos I think) run by people that proved there is not a big difference?
Can someone clarify this, as I was having a hell lot a work and didn't read it, and can't  find the actual thread now?
 
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Hey all.
I was only concerned about the speed that you can writte data to the Gfx memory. I thougth about getting a Gfx card cause AGA is too slow.
but since I don't have A4000 I'd get a Mediator for my A1200 and a PCI Gfx card. Then I remembered  reading somewhere that the mem. transfers are only 10mb/s or someting wich is really slow and doesnt justify the price...Even AGA has transfers close to that.
I guess later with a PPC processor in the Mediator it's gonna be different.
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