what accelerators are cool enough for A1200?

[runequester]

I am looking at getting a beefier card than my 030/25, but I am concerned about heat.
Reading a bit, it seems that 040 and 060 cards will cause heat issues in a normal A1200 case, is this correct?

What about an 030/50 ?

Basically, whats the beefiest option for a non-towered plain old A1200 case ?

[runequester]

Pretty much anything except most 040 and mad overclocked 060 boards.

For the most part 060s run cooler than 040s.

Unless they are overclocked. Then you might need extra cooling and that could present a problem with the desktop case.


I have run 25, 40 and 50MHz 030s in desktop A1200s with no trouble.


If you have the funds, I would check out an 060 board. Perhaps an Apollo 1260. Running at 50 to 66MHz shouldn't require any additional cooling.

Make sure your PSU is up to the challenge though as it would draw a bit more juice than an 030 setup.

Im using this monster
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=39&products_id=866
for power, so I think Im okay there.

It looks like 030/50's are reasonably cheap but if an 060 would work okay, I may have to stay on the lookout for that.

[runequester]

not too worried about overclocking it. I just want something that has some more punch than my current card

The most strain I'll put it through is probably Breathless and Doom
I've seen 030/50's with 32 megs of RAM, compared to the 8 I have now so that'd be kinda nice.

[runequester]

I`ve got my Blizzard Mk Iv with 64MB and a 68882 fpu and I am completely satisfied. You might run into some problems with some demos running slowly though. If that is your case, then your only option is a 68060 equipped board!!

If you play (or used to) games on that, what was your experiences with the various amiga FPS games ?

[runequester]

Thanks for all the help guys

[runequester]

The question was not for me, but I'll chime in anyway - Breathless is still slow on 030/50 to play on the best settings in my opinion, as is Doom (at least ADoom, that is, haven't tried Doom Attack, but it should be better optimized). Playable, but still far from smooth. I'd say Breathless is not smooth even on 060, but I don't like the game much anyway - it's like AGA = 256 shades of gray...

Edit: as for other FPSs - AB3D totally smooth, AB3DII totally not smooth bordering on unplayable, of course; Genetic Species pretty fast, the engine is well optimized. My general opinion is that 030/50 is not fast enough for decent 3D games, but most of them can be run at playable speed at least.

ah, too bad about Breathless.
Figured AB3DII wouldn't run, supposedly this barely runs on an 060.

I can currently run Gloom and Fears pretty smoothly, so if an 030/50 would let me play full screen, I'll be happy.

I'd have to check out Genetic Species. I havent installed it currently, as Im pretty sure it wouldn't work well with 8 meg fast only

[runequester]

I would also recommend Nemac IV, which is highly underrated in my opinion and runs great on 030/50.

I actually have this installed. The intro is awesome.

It runs okayish on my 25, so I imagine it'd do great on a bigger card

[runequester]

I may be the last man on earth not using WHDload. I guess I just like doing it "the old way"