1200 accelerators, whats the best bang for the buck these days?

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I was wondering.  Taking into account price vs. performance, with also consideration to how generally available it comes up on the market what is the best bang for the buck card to keep an eye out for.  Assuming that the main goal is to run 3.9 on the box with game playing and general application use?  My 1200 is totally stock.  The Indivision flicker fixer is making me think to finally do some upgrades in general, like maybe an  accelerator and a hard drive (as well as the Indivision.  Funds are a decent consideration as I have the life changing event of kids on the way going on and already spent money on an order for SAM + 4.1 recently.

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@countzero

If you want to fight with arkanoid why didn't you take it to PM?  Or if you had to attack him in public SO BAD, why not on the other thread?  Hijacking this thread I started makes you no better than what you think of him if you think he was wrong so bad.

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Thanks for the suggestions so far.  Much appreciated!

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@all

So given what I want to do is processor speed or RAM amount for important?  Would an 030 with 8MB be better or worse than an 040 with 4MB (assuming for a sec both configs exist).

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countzero wrote:
I would take the 030 any time of the day. 040 is faster, but less compatible, eats up lots of power and produces heat. if you're going for 040, saving up for 060 is a better idea really.

030 is really good for classic compatibility and general application use. while it doesn't have as much juice as the 040, it's still good for static webpage browsing (downloads from aminet) and such.

Thanks for the response.  Is the 060 as compatible as the 030?  I suspect the 060 will be too pricey given what has been said earlier in the thread.  The good news for me then is given what you said the 030 gives me what I am looking for which is cool.