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- From: Mike Schnabel <schnabel@crow.ewd.dreo.dnd.ca>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A3000 & 040 ?
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 1996 10:14:40 -0800
- Organization: Defense Research Establishment Ottawa
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- > S Green (margg@giaeb.cc.monash.edu.au) wrote:
- > > Hi All, Can anybody help me out with some info for a friend who has an A3000.
- > > He has the opportunity to buy an 040/25 processor board from an A4000 and is
- > > wondering if this is a worthwhile speed increase over the 030/25 already in
- > > the machine.
-
- I Did a similar upgrade. I went from a 3000/030/25MHz to an 040/33MHz. I realized about
- a 5 fold increas in speed. this is based mainly on raytracing which seems as good a
- yardstick for measuring computer speed as anything.
-
- I had no real problems whith the upgrade. If you are installing a Warp engine you will
- have to upgrade to 0s3.1
-