Subject: Imagine 2.0 integer and CSA MMR
Date: Mon, 09 May 94 22:52:45 
From: "Richard Willkomm" <richard@hell.hacktic.nl>

Trin Yuthasastrackosol wrote in a Mail about "Imagine 2.0 integer and CSA
MMR":
> 
> I have recently purchased a CSA MMR for my A500. It comes only with the
> FPU and the 25 Mhz '030 (alas, no 32 bit RAM). I currently have the
> integer
> version of Imagine 2.0 (from Amiga Format) but not the Floating point
> version. My question is, how much of a speed increase can I expect with
> the
> MMR using the integer version of the program? Will there be any at all or
> will I need the floating point vers. and/or 32 bit ram to see a speed
> increase? I *am* planning on upgrading to 3.0 quite soon, but if the
> latter is the case, then I will get off my arse and upgrade right aways! 
> Thanks in advance!

Speed increase without any 32 Bit RAM is minimal, about 1.8 times as
fast as a normal 500. When I got my CSA MMR it didn't have any 32 bit
RAM either. But I do recall that fpu hunger programs like Imagine and
Fractal software where much faster. The best is to get both, that is
the fp version of Imagine, and some 32 bit RAM.

Greetings

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