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Offline Franko

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Re: Which Accelerator?
« on: December 15, 2010, 05:32:27 PM »
I'd go with the Blizzard 060, the difference in performance is like night and day in comparison to an 030. I already have one of these and it preforms even better than my Blizzard 060/PPC board... :)

And at that price I'm seriously considering purchasing one myself thats a bargain price compared to the prices on ebay that these boards go for... :)

It's also safe to upgrade the Blizzard to 60Mhz for even better performance...
 

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Re: Which Accelerator?
« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2010, 05:47:58 PM »
If you go for the Blizzard 060 + 64MB RAM @ $444.90 total, thats a bargain, you wont get one of these on ebay in the UK for less than £360 or $560... :)
 

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Re: Which Accelerator?
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2010, 05:52:36 PM »
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Softhut also shows they have the Viper 1260 68060 50MHz, these pretty much the same as a DCE Blizzard?  
 
http://www.softhut.com/cgi-bin/test/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=catalog/hardware/accelerators/viper1260_50.html&cart_id=4674684_28940


I'd stay clear of the Viper boards I've had two in the past and both had problems with the circuit board actually warping due to the heat causing the RAM sockets not to work... :(

Both required me desoldering and then soldering on new stronger less flexible ram sockets, not a job for the faint hearted... :(