| From: | Steve Hodson |
| Date: | 09 Apr 00 at 07:56:04 |
| Subject: | Re: 68k and busses...was Survey on OS blah! |
Hello Joseph
On 08-Apr-00, you wrote:
> 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.
I stand corrected by both yourself and Thomas then.... :)
I'd love to see BoXeR actually make it to market....
Steve