Apollo 040 or Blizzard 1230-IV... what is the best for my A1200?

[golem]

Hi Alex
I've used both with my 1200.
My Apollo is a 28Mhz 040 and it is a lot faster than a Blizzard 030 for most applications but the fan obviously
makes noise compared to the silent 030. As far as I know
you can't disable an apollo on boot. If speed is your prioity and you don't mind the noise go for the 040.
Personally I prefer a silent Amiga and use my 030.

[golem]

starf81 wrote:
Sorry... another question  :-D

If I can't disable the card during the boot, what type of games or programs could have problems?

Thanks again  :-P
Alex

An 030 without an FPU is probably the fastest most compatible config you can get for general gaming. But if you use your Amiga mainly for CPU-intensive apps like rendering and general OS compatible stuff the 040 is better. The 040 is generally not so good for games - the CPU is designed differently from 020s and 030s and this can make it incompatible.

I've never tried replacing a fan but on my Apollo it is not
so loud (maybe twice as loud as a laptop with a fan inside it). But I am fussy - I use my mig for music and I hate fan noise and hard drive noise so I disable the hard drive spinning as well until I save!