Re: 65c816 speeds

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <761555260wnr@klatch.demon.co.uk>,
John Le Febvre  <John@klatch.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>If the SNES console also has the 65c816 CPU at it's heart,
>what speed did it run at?  Did it have anything in the way
>of fancy graphics chips?

   3.5Mhz, I think. And yes, it did have a number of graphics chips,
which allowed it to run at a decent speed. [Pretty much all game
consoles except for the tiny handhelds have had chips for graphics
acceleration. That's one of the main reasons why a 2-4MB (2MB code
ram, more dedicated to sound/video) SEGA Saturn of Sony Playstation
running at 2x28Mhz or 1x33Mhz can pull off games that Pentium 166s
and nice video boards can't.]

Nathan Mates

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