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- From: lolsen@hsr.no (Lasse Olsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Amiga Technology is insulting!!
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- Date: 30 Mar 1996 00:18:08 GMT
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- Karl Thomas (kathomas@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
- : tempest@netins.net writes:
-
- : >I can get an 060 Amiga 3000 with gfx card for $2000. That is a great
- : >price and an awesome machine. And it even can run mac software :)
-
- : New? An '060-50Mhz processor in an Amiga only makes the Amiga run twice
- : as fast as an '040-28 (according to Amiga Shopper)
-
- Well, a _complete_ AIBB Integer-test shows the 060 is around
- 2-2.5 times faster.
- This figure increases by 15-25% with the addition of a L2 cache.
- Also, for all practical purposes the 060 FPU seems to perform
- from 4-6 times faster than the A4000/40.
-
- : and the cheapest one costs around $1400.
-
- The cheapest 060s for the Amiga are $900 in Europe.
- Cheers...
-