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- From: larrymb@gramercy.ios.com (Pacarana)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: CHIP RAM speed test resul
- Date: 30 Mar 1996 20:06:11 GMT
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- Message-ID: <1285.6450T39T1278@gramercy.ios.com>
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- >60MByte/s for the CPU is even nicer.
- Guess what, that
- >>> We already have "dual port RAM", just the multiplexing is done outside the
- >>> chip.
-
- >>This is the problem: it's performed by the 7Mhz (bus clock) of Alice.
-
- >Yes, that's why you want a much faster graphics controller.
-
- >>AGA can be improved a lot though,
-
- >Hah. Could you afford to improve AGA ? The fact that something is
- >theoretically possible doesn't mean that it is feasible.
-
- >>> They need geometry engines,
-
- >>A skilled assembly programmer can avoid multiplications/divisions and all
- >>these things that normal programmers learn from standard books.
-
- >You mean those books that show how to write efficient rendering routines
- >too ?
-
- >>It would mean to blow the PC away.
-
- >It just means that you know more about c0d1ng than about hardware.
-
- >>They cost a lot, the PCI GfxBoard isn't flexible (it gains all from
- >>Pentium's MIPS, that are quite more than Walkers' ones)
-
- >The PCI board is much more flexible _because_ it gains all from the
- >Pentium's speed. With a custom chipset like AGA you are more or less
- >stuck with 5-10 year old technology.
-
-
- >--
- > Michael van Elst
-
- >Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- > "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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