vampire video speed vs dedicated RTG cards

[Gulliver]

when i have a bit of time, i'll try to do a comparison between my BvPPC, CV64-3D and vampire, and hopefully shed a bit of light where each tops out, and why etc. etc.

i think a massive thing for having rtg on a vampire is the ability to run chunky mode screens for things like 3d shooters, Scumm, and mac/pc emulators with no c2p slowdown.

I am looking forward to your review/comparison.

I always find enthusiasm overruns Apollo core users like a religious sect. So they tend to publish benchmarks that specifically favour their agenda or corner cases where they can show off.

I believe you are one of the first ones I see that dont belong to that group. I will love to see the pros a cons of the SAGA rtg implementation.

[Gulliver]

@Nickman
Thanks for the post.

It is interesting that drive performance decreases whilst resolution increases. So drive and also cpu performance is reduced when resolutions increase.

It would be good to know what other subsystems are affected (ram, io, etc.) and up to which extent (percentage of reduction).