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- Subject: Re: CyberGraphics for RetinaZ2???
- Date: 13 Mar 1996 10:37:05
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- giannini%vianet.on.ca@INTERNET wrote :
-
- > I haven't had the Retina board that long but for example, I do find even
- > a 256 colour Workbench slow...probably because it is actually processing
- > in 24bit anyway. Jpegs and Gifs view maybe 5-10 times faster than ECS/HAM
- > viewers on the Amiga side though. I've also heard very good things about
- > the Retina Z2 when used with ShapeShifter (the soft. Mac Emul.). The
- > reason why the Retina is slower than Picasso and Retina Z3 is because
- > those boards have a blitter while the Retina Z2 does not. Hmmmm....I
- > wonder if we can still have a special deal on upgrading to the Z3 Retina
- > which is 3-5 times faster than a PicassoII. :)
-
- What is not much... as i saw speed values, the first thing i saw was "The
- Picasso seems to be the slowest Board available"... also, the Retina Z3 was
- not that fast like i excepted it to be... as i got speed tests, i found out a
- Piccolo SD64 like i own was much faster (of course the CV64 is faster again :)
- )
-
- >
- > Despite its slowness in some operations, the Retina does have some
- > advantages over the other cards (like higher rez. 24bit screens, VERY
- > configurable, etc.) so it would be nice to see a speed increase via CyberGFX!
-
- Not to the SD64 or the CV64... the SD64 has the same resolutions as the Retina
- Z3, the CV64 even more... both Boards are very configurable too...
-
- Steffen Haeuser
-