Possibly looking for 1260 card

[Damion]

I would keep the desktop 1200 an '030 and leave it at that. Not worth it for the $300-600 you'd be spending on a 1260 card. The speed gain, especially with AGA, will probably not be what you're expecting, either. I'm downgrading my 1200D to an '030 because I get tired of the WHDLoad access fault kicking me back to WB 30 minutes into a game.

If you must, pick up a nice 2000/3000/4000 for major upgrades. A 2000 with an '040 and Spectrum can be loads of fun.

[Damion]

And the chipset? All access to sound, graphics, hard drives? Still just as slow with either processor.

Exactly, in typical cases regarding the 1200 it's even *slower* with an '060 than an '030.

It makes sense if you're going to towerize it and go RTG, or must watch '060 AGA demos. Otherwise, leave it be and expand something with Zorro slots. Web browsing with AGA won't be $500 better with an '060... I had an 80MHz '060 in mine, the difference isn't what you would expect.

@Franko

Strange, no problem here with the 060 and Pinball Fantasies AGA. Overall WHDLoad has worked well for me on all processors, but the '030 presented the fewest issues.

[Damion]

Yeah, no sh!t the '060 is a faster processor.

I was responding specifically to Iggy's comment about chipset access, which is generally better with the '030 cards.

Blizzard 1260/50:

chip $000F0000 readw 1328.7 ns normal 1.5 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 readl 1329.4 ns normal 3.0 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 readm 1332.9 ns normal 3.0 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writew 1119.2 ns normal 1.8 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writel 1118.9 ns normal 3.6 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writem 1121.8 ns normal 3.6 * 10^6 byte/s

Blizzard 1230/50:

chip $000F0000 readw 903.4 ns norm 2.2 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 readl 903.7 ns norm 4.4 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 readm 636.4 ns norm 6.3 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writew 575.6 ns norm 3.5 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writel 574.8 ns norm 6.9 * 10^6 byte/s
chip $000F0000 writem 575.3 ns norm 7.0 * 10^6 byte/s


@Franko

Never actually seen an "060 AGA demo" but reckon it would be pretty weird purchasing an 060 just to watch one...

Never heard of the demoscene?

[Damion]

Exactly. We all know the 060 is faster, but is it worth $500 to play Lethal Weapon and Superfrog. Especially when you already have what's probably the best '030 card ever made.