CyberstormPPC Description

Equipped with the 604e PowerPC processor the CyberStormPPC is the fastest Amiga accelerator card available. A 604e processor at 200 MHz is about 10-15 times faster than a 50MHz 68060. The Board has 4 SIMM sockets and can take up to 128 Mb of RAM. The sockets need matched pairs of SIMMS (e.g. two 16 Mb SIMMs and two 32 Mb SIMMs). The memory interface is very fast so an '060 processor should run about 15% faster than the older CyberStorm MkII. The 604e also has an Ultra Wide SCSI controller on board which follows the WIDE fast-20 standard for highest performance with modern mass storage devices (tests have shown speeds of around 12 MB per second). An integrated high-speed bus based on the PCI standard allows you to connect expansion hardware such as the CybervisionPPC.

The 604e works without problems on an Amiga 4000 or the Micronik A-1500 Ti. To get it to work in a Amiga 3000 you will need to upgrade the _int2 line. phase5 will send you information on how to do this if needed but you can also follow this link.

The 604e is compatible with any 68040 or 68060 processor and is shipped with a 180 MHz, 200 MHz or 233 MHz PPC processor. Prices for the CyberStormPPC start at about 1200 DM (500 UK£ or 800 US$) without a 68k companion CPU.

CyberstormPPC Benchmarks

You will find some benchmarks taken from various applications here. Notice that benchmarks made with Reflections have shown that a CyberStormPPC renders as fast as a Pentium MMX (at the same clock speed).

Overall

If you feel like your MC68060 is not fast enough anymore you should get this board. It will even allow you to turn your Amiga into a PowerMac when the right software becomes available. As proven by our Software list there is already a huge amount of Amiga-PowerPC software out there so why wait?

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