Here's a little P96 benchmark 'comparo' between my old AGA, and WinUAE setups...
RectFill()................ 74 op/s
RectFill() Pattern........ 69 op/s
WritePixel().............. 47574 op/s
WriteChunkyPixels()....... 195 op/s
WritePixelArray8()........ 188 op/s
WritePixelLine8()......... 12511 op/s
DrawEllipse()............. 313 op/s
DrawCircle().............. 335 op/s
Draw().................... 115 op/s
Draw() Hor/Ver............ 376 op/s
ScrollRaster() X.......... 5 op/s
ScrollRaster() Y.......... 6 op/s
PutText()................. 1643 op/s
BlitBitMap().............. 185 op/s
BlitBitMapRastPort()...... 182 op/s
BitMapScale()............. 46 op/s
OpenWindow().............. 22 op/s
MoveWindow().............. 26 op/s
SizeWindow().............. 22 op/s
CON-Output................ 96 op/s
ScreenToFront()........... 61 op/s
...
RectFill()................ 3452 op/s
RectFill() Pattern........ 2195 op/s
WritePixel().............. 1123334 op/s
WriteChunkyPixels()....... 1897 op/s
WritePixelArray8()........ 1900 op/s
WritePixelLine8()......... 99811 op/s
DrawEllipse()............. 5911 op/s
DrawCircle().............. 6471 op/s
Draw().................... 3729 op/s
Draw() Hor/Ver............ 7747 op/s
ScrollRaster() X.......... 833 op/s
ScrollRaster() Y.......... 927 op/s
PutText()................. 30045 op/s
BlitBitMap().............. 7901 op/s
BlitBitMapRastPort()...... 7313 op/s
BitMapScale()............. 961 op/s
OpenWindow().............. 573 op/s
MoveWindow().............. 1000 op/s
SizeWindow().............. 442 op/s
CON-Output................ 2901 op/s
ScreenToFront()........... 51 op/s
...
Both screenmodes are "Pal, HiRes Laced" and at 256 colors. The amiga was an A1200,
'060/66 MHz, running a heavily patched OS3.9. This was one of my best runs when
experimenting with various patches and using P96Speed as my testbed. Essentially,
about the best you'll achieve with "real" 68k and AGA. The PC is an Athlon XP-M/2.4 GHz,
Win98SE (bleh) and WinUAE with JIT enabled, a clean 3.9 install and no patches. (I haven't really
fiddled with it much (yet) so eventually it should benchmark a little quicker.) Anyhow, it's
obvious how well WinUAE can handle AGA chipset emulation.
For processor emulation, The SysSpeed "CPU" test returned over 1700 mips and around 850 mflops,
whilst the '060 would crack out about 90 mips and 35 mflops (IIRC).
Smoothness? It seems to me that games or demos which ran smooth on my "real" amiga
perform equally well emulated. Demos which had somewhat choppy effects on my '060 are still choppy
with WinUAE. In "side by side" comparisons, the only real distinction is that certain things (like the intro to
Nexus7) just look better on a 1084. (And I suppose you could run
one of these to your 1084, if you
really wanted to...)
The only exception I can think of, is that, mysteriously, a select few demos don't run properly without
the frameskip set up a notch...in those cases a "real" amiga can appear "smoother", but the differences
are subtle and not easy to pick out.
Overall, I would say to someone exploring "the classics" NOT to spend a bunch of money on old amiga
hardware, unless you're into collecting, or seriously waxing nostalgic. WinUAE is cheaper, signifigantly
faster and infinately more flexibile.
Plus...who wants to bring a chick back to the house with a bunch of old 1200s laying around everywhere??
I sure as hell don't...so WinUAE gets an added "two thumbs" for stealthing my more...uh...not-so-attractive
hobbies:-P
/ridiculous rant
