Re: Removing the processor from a Transwarp GS

[Ed Eastman <noone@nowhere.net>]

Matthew S. Carpenter wrote:
> I think the first one is a 14Mhz one and the second one must be a 7Mhz 
> one that was removed from another TranswarpGS already but I just want to 
> double check/

I believe you would be correct.

> Also I have a question ....
> ...
> Is it likely that there's something wrong with the first one or could 
> ..75Mhz really make a difference like that? Should I not bother putting 
> the 14Mhz processor on this card and upgrade the other one instead?  I 
> presently don't have any real benchmarking software to see what's going on.

I had a 6.25 that felt a lot faster than a 7.  (My 6 had more cache.) 
This may or may not be due to cache, GALs and firmware revision.  All 
three must work together to optimize throughput.  Once I upgraded my 
CPU, cache and firmware, they evened out but one still seems a bit 
faster than the other even though they 'benchmark' the same.  It can be 
seen when I run them side by side in GSOS.  Of course then there may be 
a machine differences.  But I have seen what you are referring to on the 
same machine.

(Just don't sell the faster one.)

Thankx,
Ed