WarpUp (153/442)

From:Kolbj�rn Barmen
Date:14 Dec 99 at 14:19:31
Subject:Re: [warpup] Re: WarpOS problems

On 14 Dec 1999, Steffen Haeuser wrote:

> ow> Yap, that�s right. AMP tell the higher framerates (~30fps with Bill.mpg),
> ow> but nevertheless Frogger "feels" faster. And Frogger has better support
> ow> for overlay on CybervisionPPC.
>
> Seems like you did not try latest versions... there was a lot of speedup and
> it is now ways before the competition :) Latest version of AMP also supports
> overlay, BTW.

Try watching long mpeg films with sound using amp, it's .. sta..gg...er...ing.
With frogger on the other hand, it's quite OK, something about asyncio perhaps?

> Even with this, Frogger still has the disadvantage being PowerUP... this
> means for example it will never run on any different PPC Hardware than the
> current one...

You point being? As if?

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