| From: | Joseph Fenton |
| Date: | 09 Apr 00 at 07:41:02 |
| Subject: | Re: Survey on OS for M@tabox Boards |
Steve Hodson wrote:
>
> > What shouldn't be forget: a G3/G4 card does only make sense in conjunction
> > with graphics boards. I would even say they do only make sense in
> > conjunction with *fast* graphics boards (>Z3). Otherwise the difference in
> > processing power between today's processors and G3/G4 gets lost/wasted. I
> > also ask myself whether the classic AMIGA hardware architecture really can
> > handle this level of processing power anymore.
>
> Yes...a top speed 68k barely capable of driving PCI let alone AGP (thinking
> BoXeR here)
On the contrary, a 68040 or 68060 is more than capable of
saturating the bandwidth of a thirty-two bit PCI bus. A
sixty-four bit bus would take more hardware, but a 66 MHz
060 could still saturate it as well. 4x AGP would be a
different story, but an 040/060 and PCI are a real good
match.