Subject: Re: Imagine 2.0 integer and CSA MMR
Date: Thu, 5 May 94 13:40:32 PDT
From: grieggs@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (John T. Grieggs)

> 
> 
> 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!
>  
I did a fairly intensive benchmark of the MMR vs. Imagine 1.0 a long time
ago.  I'm sure it's in one of the early IML archives.  If memory serves
me correctly, you'll get about a 2X increase or a bit less with only
the fast processor and no 32-bit RAM.  The max increase with a fully loaded
MMR was 10X.  Dig up the benchmark for more details...

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> 
_john



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