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- From: s914534@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (UT)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: A1200 versus Falcon 030 once again (FAQ?)
- Message-ID: <1jooboINN28i@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 12:12:40 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.195619.5411@newshost.lanl.gov> <1993Jan20.194026.25748@westminster.ac.uk> <H.6a78NGVZTA2@fredrik.atari.no>
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- jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe) writes:
-
- >These days the atari and amiga people are arguing which computer have
- >the fastest cpu (Falcon 030 versus A1200). The 68030 have better performance
- >than a 68020 when placed in an equal arcitecture. Additionaly the A1200 runs
- >at 14.4 Mhz, wheras the F030 runs at 16Mhz (i realy think its 16.01xxxMhz)
- >giving it a extra 10% over the A1200. Summing it all up, my bet is that
- >this is a dead race!
-
- Shouldn't that be 16Mhz - 25% ?
-
- Also the Falcon doesn't have the custom graphics chips that the 1200 has,
- so its going to be slower still. Remember the ST 68000 was faster than the
- the 68000 used in the Amiga - yet most Amiga games ran faster than their ST
- counterparts - because everything had to be done by the CPU in the ST.
-
- I can't see much changing - musicians will go for the Falcon, the general
- public will go the 1200. In Europe its the games that sell machines, and
- with its better graphics specifications, Atari marketing and the well known
- Amiga name, the 1200 will wipe the floor with the Falcon (when/if it becomes
- available).
-