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- From: lmvec@westminster.ac.uk (William Hargreaves)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: A1200 versus Falcon 030 once again (FAQ?)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.170323.19322@westminster.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:03:23 GMT
- References: <1jooboINN28i@escargot.xx.rmit.OZ.AU>
- Organization: University of Westminster
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- s914534@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (UT) writes:
- : 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).
-
- Right on! I wouldn't be suprised if in 18 months from now Atari will be no
- more.
-
- Will
-