Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: New type of accelerator design?  (Read 15255 times)

Description:

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline NovaCoder

Re: New type of accelerator design?
« on: December 10, 2009, 11:50:07 PM »
If you're talking about using the classic chipset (eg a 1200), the faster the accelerator the less sense it makes (as detailed above).  

It makes more sense for a 3000/4000 though because they don't actually use the chipset (in which case are they even really Amiga's in the first place?).

;)
« Last Edit: December 10, 2009, 11:59:56 PM by NovaCoder »
Life begins at 100 MIPS!


Nice Ports on AmiNet!
 

Offline NovaCoder

Re: New type of accelerator design?
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 12:19:03 AM »
Quote from: tone007;533340
You seem to be a bit confused.  The 1200 and 4000 share a chipset, the 3000 is closer to the "original" chipset but they're all the Amiga chipset, just different revisions.


Your typical 4000T with a Mediator, Radeon, PPC/060 etc wouldn't make use of Paula and friends in day-to-day usage.

In otherwords, how many RTG users run WB (and WB applications) in AGA :)

It would have made more sense to ditch the old planar chipset for the 3000/4000 and gone chunky RTG instead.

So to get back on topic, a super fast accelerator for the 4000....yes please, for the 1200/600/500 then no thanks.
« Last Edit: December 11, 2009, 12:53:02 AM by NovaCoder »
Life begins at 100 MIPS!


Nice Ports on AmiNet!
 

Offline NovaCoder

Re: New type of accelerator design?
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2009, 12:55:07 AM »
Quote from: tone007;533346
Seriously, quit bundling the 1200 in with the "old" machines, it's nearly as powerful as the 4000 with the right parts.  You've obviously never seen a nice 1200T setup.



But that's my point, a nice 1200T setup with Mediator + RTG & PPC makes no sense to me.....the 1200 MB is not even being used anymore.
Life begins at 100 MIPS!


Nice Ports on AmiNet!