Possibly looking for 1260 card

[Franko]

There is this one on evilbay uk, hasn't reached a crazy price yet but that doesn't usually happen until the last 15 minutes...

BLIZZARD060 32MB RAM

(actually bidding on it myself...

[Franko]

Nope... nowt here either...

[Franko]

@Runequester

To be honest unless your going to be doing things other than playing games on the miggie then an 030 is your best bet, but then again things like AB3D, Breathless etc... do run a hell of a lot better with a properly set up 060 system...

Only ever came across one game using WHDLoad that wouldn't work properly on an 060 board and that was Pinball Fantasies AGA, never heard or came across the problem Damion speaks of when using WHDload & an 060 and I've tested and play thousands of them...

Only thing I would say if your still not sure about getting an 060 is if your going to use a lot of productivity software like PageStream, Final Writer, PPaint etc... then the difference is night & day when comparing an 30 & an 060...

The SubWay board is one of the handiest boards to add to an Amiga especially if you need to transfer a lot of file between the Amiga and a PC or MAC, but don't expect it to be of any use with a CD or DVD USB burner as it's way too slow to be used with one of those...

One of the best things to add to an 030 board for productivity software is an FPU but I'm not sure if you can do this on your board, but the speed increase with an FPU on an 030 can really make most productivity software come alive...

[Franko]

Exactly, in typical cases regarding the 1200 it's even *slower* with an '060 than an '030.

It makes sense if you're going to towerize it and go RTG, or must watch '060 AGA demos. Otherwise, leave it be and expand something with Zorro slots. Web browsing with AGA won't be $500 better with an '060... I had an 80MHz '060 in mine, the difference isn't what you would expect.

@Franko

Strange, no problem here with the 060 and Pinball Fantasies AGA. Overall WHDLoad has worked well for me on all processors, but the '030 presented the fewest issues.

Having both type of processors sitting right here & up and running I'd say your claim that an 060 is slower "in typical cases" than an 030 in an A1200 is just totally WRONG...

Never actually seen an "060 AGA demo" but reckon it would be pretty weird purchasing an 060 just to watch one...

Gotta agree though that an 030 is a bit more compatible than the 060 for WHDLoad games but not by much...

[Franko]

Drat... just missed out on this Blizzard060 from the states was at $340 (£212) for most of the day, and I forgot about it until a few minutes ago and ended up too slow in bidding...

went for $407.47 (£254.65) almost a hundred quid cheaper that you can get one here in the UK, wonder why they go so cheaply in the USA...

Blizzard060 64MB RAM (USA) sold for $407.47 (£254.65)


@Iggy

Yeah 500% increase is wee bit of an exaggeration...

[Franko]

@Franko

Never heard of the demoscene?

Yup, but why would I want to watch "demos"...

[Franko]

Pointless unless you know of a program that executes instruction that solely affect the CPU and as in the example above do nothing but floating number calculations.

Now we're at 3000x and counting. I'm not even getting baited into further discussions along these lines.

What's it do for the average Amiga software package?

The 060 version of PPaint uses 060 specific code for example that solely effect the CPU and not the FPU...

[Franko]

Actually, we're back to that word again - faster.
Those two processors are operating at the same speed.
The '60 is undoubtedly the more powerful of the two, but how much faster the system is is more subjective.

Nothing "subjective" about it an 060 set up with the likes of 060 specific math libraries, Fblit, Move16, etc... etc... runs rings around the best 030 for almost anything you do on an A1200...