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Offline koshman

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Re: Possibly dumb question. 030 vs 040
« on: May 27, 2010, 05:29:20 AM »
I'm with KThunder here - 040 may be significantly faster, but without fast ram on the turbo board it never reaches its potential. Subjectively with A1200 Blizzard 1230 MKIV felt faster than A4000 with A3640. Especially in demos.
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Re: Possibly dumb question. 030 vs 040
« Reply #1 on: May 27, 2010, 07:45:53 PM »
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This is ridiculous. Who installs a cpu card without fast ram??? I don't know anyone who uses a 040 without fastram. Do you use your 030s without fastram?

I never felt BlizzardIV 030/50 faster than A3640 in demos... in fact many won't work on a 030.


I'm not sure what you're talking about, but I'm talking about the RAM that's on the turboboard itself. Of course, I have the usual 16MB A4000 mobo RAM, but with A3640 it still feels subjectively slower than 1230 MKIV. I don't have any benchies, I simply remember quite a few demos that were slow, but still enjoyable on 030/50 that are nothing more than a slideshow on A3640. I'm not saying the A3640 is slower across the board - it might well be faster in WB and serious apps, but that's more difficult to judge.
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