Re: Accelerator cards

[Drew <goggledrew@gmail.com>]

On 1 June, 10:23, Drew <goggled...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1 June, 07:00, mojoehand <mojoeh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > In a nutshell, could someone tell me the differences between a
> > Transwarp GS and a Zip GSX. Which do you consider the better card and
> > why?
>
> This has been discussed a number of times on CSA :), so doing a search
> will bring up some usefull info.
>
> Few key points though
>
> ZIP GSX Pros
> - Less Pwr consumption therefore less heat
> - easier to upgrade without purchasing anything else, no seperate
> cache board for example
> - Speed configurable via CDA i.e you can choose the speed you want
> rather than normal, fast and accelerated. Though CDA needs to be
> loaded by OS
> - less chips so less to go wrong
>
> TWGS Pros
> - More stable (IMO), but then again i have 1.0.1 version of the ZIP
> board.
> - Inbuilt CDA, but fixed speeds i.e normal, fast and Transwarp
> - Nice logo and sound when you start the GS :)
> - More common than ZIP GSX
> - Can still buy 32K Cache board from reactivemicro
>
> I know i have probably missed some things :)
>
> Drew

I will add that someone else on a previous post pointed out the better
card is which ever one you can get hold of :)