Re: New ][ Hardware

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

johnmac@fawlty.towers.oz.au (John MacLean) writes:
: 
: The speed is far greater than the IIGS. Even with an 8MHz zip or transwarp,
: the IIGS is only just on 4Mhz average speed.

Where did you get that information? Most of the benchmark etc, indicates my
GS running at 9MHz to be approximately 7 MHz. And by the way, as a user and
programmer, I did think that my GS is more than twice as fast!

: The GS is also only capable of taking 8Mb of RAM, not 16Mb (less 128K).
: Not considering sound and graphics, a //e with one of these boards is FAR
: superior hardware to a GS.

Any serious software for //e out there required 16 MB? Will you ever see one?
8 MB is more than enough for an 8 bit machine. Even my GS runs comfortably
with 4 MB.

: [Note that you could add SHR graphics to a //e with the VOC].

Note that you will need to buy another card. Why don't save the money and get
a GS?

: >A used IIGS is quite cheap nowadays... it has a much improved resolution,
: >colour, sound, toolbox interface, very well design operation system, etc.
: 
: I Absolutely agree - I would never buy one of these boards unless they
: somehow got IIGS system software working on it - which is highly unlikely.
: 
: >64K cache should give you about 95%-99% of hit ratio, for the extra 1-5% of 
: >speed, would it really mind if it runs at 2.5 or 5 MHz?
: 
: Any solid data to back this up?
: Can the zip or transwarp tell you what the hit ratio is?
: When people quote 3.9Mhz average for an 8Mhz board, I'm a bit sceptical
: about this claim.

How about people who quote you 7 MHz average for a 9MB board?

8K and 32K of cache did make a different. By the way, I tried 64K cache,
it almost did not speed up at all, so I don't believe more than 64K cache will
help much.

: >I personally would like to own a GS with 15Mhz and TurboRez installed. 
: >Actually, all I want is Avatar, or a card that transform your GS to something
: >more powerful.
: 
: Rest assured that you are not alone.

OK, I am saving money for the Avatar.

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