A2000 w/ 060 speed?

[matt3k]

I have both a decked out 3000 and a 2000.  I would recommend a 3000.  Overall the 3000 is faster and is more usable from a speed standpoint.  From boot time to IO a 3000 is a really nice upgrade.  I love my 2000s but the 3000's are what I prefer.  I haven't had any trouble with whdload for the games I play and for productivity when the z3 bus kicks in the difference is pronounced.

There is a reason the 3000s are valued higher than a 2000.

I would say a 3000 built in West Chester PA is one of the best Amigas to own and would put on the same level as the wonderful German built 2000.  

As far as a ng Amiga...  I own a pb with mos 3.1 and it is an awesome os and extremely fast but I prefer the 3000 for many functions.  Although browsing on the PB is stellar compared to the classics.

These are my opinions and observations from the stuff I own... Good luck.

[matt3k]

Hi Lassie,

Both of them are accelerated.  A stock 2000 vs a stock 3000 wouldn't be pretty ...

Both have 040's between 33 and 40 Mhz.  Both have memory on the accelerator (8- 64 megs).  

Don't get me wrong I love the 2000 but, the 3000 is faster and is the same build quality...

[matt3k]

Yes a 3000 will always be faster.

One caviot is that if you have 3640 against a higher clock gvp with locals memory it would be much closer.  But if the 3000 has a warp engine or as cyberstorm mkIII it's pretty much game over for the 2000.

[matt3k]

Hey Damion,

You still haven't found a Warp Engine 3040?  Chfriend scored one a month back off this website, look harder my friend.

If you can find a Cyberstorm MK III, that would be nice also.

[matt3k]

The warp engines were the best accelerator for the Amiga 3000 IMVHO, yes I know that the CS MK III is a better card.  But the build quaility and speed of the warp engine was faster then an 50MHz 060 MK II except for math.  For daily use an older, 'slower', card was faster.  Even thought the CPU was faster, memory access and SCSI IO were slower.  Macrosystems hit a home run right out of the gate, where phase five released 2 under developed units until they hit their home run...  Phase 5 won the battle in video cards to be fair...

This was corrected with the MK III.

Warp Engines install perfectly and are extremely stable.

Keep looking a WE or CS will transform your 3000 into a productivity machine.  A PIV 4, Cybervision 64, Retina BLT Z3, or CV64 3d will complete the package.

I still enjoy using my 3000 after 20 plus years...  The best system to me that commodore ever released.  
my 20000000 cents (2 cents adjusted for inflation)