Why accelerate an Amiga?

[guru-666]

not all of us play games.  I do 3d and video work with my amigas.  I need at least a 060 cpu otherwise the thing is just flat out to slow.
nothing wrogn with a standard amiga for gaming.
in the ned it's exactly the same reason you want to speed you your PeeCee, with computers faster is usualy better.

[DonP1]

krize wrote:
What game are you experiencing this with ? Whdload is really cool, I use it for years (on 060/040)..

It really is cool software, making it compatible, and quittable (very important).

I bought the CSA Derringer 50 in 1997. I plugged it into the A1000, Deluxe Galaga had issues (the main reason for having the Amiga), and so I pulled it out.

I didn't know of Whdload at the time. I don't even know if I copied the 68030 libraries into the proper place (I'm not the most knowledgable Amigan, maybe 3 months of serious use on the thing). I'd have to give the Derringer another try with this Whdload software.

Why do they call it Whdload BTW, and where can I find out more about this?

[DonP1]

guru-666 wrote:
not all of us play games.  I do 3d and video work with my amigas.  I need at least a 060 cpu otherwise the thing is just flat out to slow.
nothing wrogn with a standard amiga for gaming.
in the ned it's exactly the same reason you want to speed you your PeeCee, with computers faster is usualy better.

Those are very good reasons to speed up an Amiga.

But I'm more of a PeeCee guy, my #1 machine is a dual Xeon 2.8Ghz system with 15K SCSI drives. And even this system is too slow because I have an ancient ATI 8500 video card. I need to spend $250 to get a high end x1950 just to play current games. I'm pretty sure I could buy an A1200 for the price of a PeeCee video card.