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- From: ecsjols@klecsd.ericsson.se (Joakim Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: NewTek SHIPS Lightwave 4.0/Amiga!
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 11:27:53 GMT
- Organization: Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
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- On 27 Jan 1996 17:09:01 -0700, Glenn Saunders <krishna@primenet.com> wrote:
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- >The mortal Jeff Barr wrote:
- >: And where are you getting these whimisical stats from, dreamland? A
- >: p100 renders the standard lightwave texture demo (and here I correct
- >: My statement of 10x) 8.6 times faster than an A4000/040. A Cyberstorm
- >: '060 equipped A4000 renders the same scene 3.1 times faster than the
- >: A4000/040 (Video Toaster user, July 1995). So you're telling me that a
- >: P90, running just 10 Mhz slower than a P100, renders 2/3 slower? I
- >
- >3 things are spelling doom for the fate of the 060.
- >
- >1) short supply
- >2) end of dev cycle (50mhz barrier)
- >3) no 060 optimized versions
- >
- >3 is significant here. 060 advantages really come mostly from 060
- >optimized code, otherwise the gains aren't as great as you'd want. And
- >since there is no 060 compiler yet (or at least Newtek knows of none) then
- >the 060 will probably give the user only a modest boost over an 040/40 in
- >actual usable throughput with existing apps.
-
- The comming Storm C/C++ compiler is said to compile for the 060, sadly
- SAS/C will probably never get this, unless the same guys that made the
- 6.56-patch are willing to do the job (I do hope..:)
-
- I'd really love a 060-optimized version of Real3d...
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