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Offline Iggy

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Re: Warp3D (Bvision) users, please look at this picture
« on: April 07, 2011, 07:22:52 PM »
Look how much hardware this system relies on that isn't from Commodore/Amiga, but we're still willing to call this an Amiga.
PPC processor, RTG graphics, 256MB of memory, 120GB hard drive.
Might as well be my MorphOS system.
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Re: Warp3D (Bvision) users, please look at this picture
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 08:58:25 PM »
Quote from: CSixx;629682
Maybe you should stay on-topic. Especially since your argument is so weak.

Is it?
What the poster's using barely resembles an Amiga.
Its closer to my Mac.

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Other than "upgrading" to Voodoo3 or replacing the  aging system with something else, not really. As soon as I replaced by  A1200 BPPC + BVisionPPC with the peg1 + Radeon I didn't look back. It  took me couple of months to realize I didn't even power up the A1200  anymore. I never missed the BVisionPPC... frankly Permedia2 just  sucks.

Piru sums this up pretty clearly. I've got a Voodoo3 I've already retired and am using a Radeon card myself. And my system probably runs Warp3D applications better than a "real" Amiga.

Totally on topic.
When you get to a certain point, replace the system.
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Re: Warp3D (Bvision) users, please look at this picture
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 09:23:52 PM »
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Regarding the "off topic" debate. The guy has asked how to deal with an issue on his present system. I'm quite sure that if he wants to upgrade to something faster, he'll still do just that. That still doesn't answer his immediate question though.

It doesn't have to be faster Karlos. Better would be relatively easy. A Voodoo3 2000 would be a small expense and a big improvement over the Permedia2.
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Re: Warp3D (Bvision) users, please look at this picture
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 09:42:26 PM »
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Sure, but unless he plans to put the Voodoo into a different system, then he also has to buy a PCI bridge, which will cost a hell of a lot more than the Voodoo card.

Furthermore, depending on the generation of Voodoo card, he won't be able to get away from dithered 16-bit output either ;)

Absolutely true. Heck, I could give him the Voodoo card, but it is limited to 16bit color (with more memory and better 2D and 3D performance though). And the PCI backplane would be costly.
I'm rather surprised that with all the other investments, he hasn't added that.
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