dnetc benchmarks

[Rodomoc]

Wow, my 4 year old budget amithlon box, running an emulated 68k cpu gets better rc5-72 results than A1X1000. Didnt expect that. I'll have to try the other benchmarks floating around and see how they compare.

I was wondering when this one was going to come up :laugh1:. It is possible to run more modern x86 boards now with the new kernel and its drivers. Not a perfect Amiga solution but Amithlon is still a damn interesting concept even after all these years. I need to get that 3Ghz Xeon cranked up in this kernel4 capable Asus board I have. At any rate, it would be interesting to see some similar performance comparisons (if possible) using Amithlon.

As for the published performance data in this thread, it is clear what will happen on my end. And that is registering a nice G4 laptop when 3.0 comes out. Power, portability, stability. I'm in on that deal. I see complaints about old Mac garbage, etc... Well that old garbage is still good, cheap, and running well against other PPC by the looks of it. The selection of Mac hardware by MOS developers was obviously a shrewd one. The resulting amount of supported hardware should speak for itself. And it will only get better. If Amiga developers were only 1/2 as shrewd, they would port over to Mac as soon as possible.

Regarding the new X1000 board, well....'best of luck to ya'.

[Rodomoc]

Yeah OK, anytime a new motherboard of any variety is developed and released qualifies as a true accomplishment. And with people buying these new boards up, hopefully the investors come out ahead. So long as the investors are satisfied as well as the customers who bought the thing, life is good. Nobody knocks that. I work in an industry where it is preferred to sell high end because the low end bottom feeding business format sucks.

For me? Well I can go to ebay and pick up a different hardware variation (complete computer system minus monitor) for $200, install a similar operating system on it, say another $150 to get it registered, and have a hootin' good time. Lets say almost half the cost of the lower performing variation of the so called god operating system, and probably 1/5 the cost of the supposed god operating system running on supposed god hardware. And do you know what? My scraps will run surprisingly well in just about any mode of operation. Let freedom ring and ring for the little guy.