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- > Petr said :
- > > > The only way to do it is like this or like the FX-card, but the Hawk will
- > > > be _much_ faster. Wizztronic have said that it's even faster than the
- > > > Afterburner. I guess the 256kbyte cache is responsible for this and that it
- > > ^^^^^^^^^
- > > that can't be true. 040 is 040 ;-)
- >
- > Yes, but perhaps the difference is low between a 040 put on a 16-32
- > bus, and a 030 put on a 32 bit bus, with a big cache ? The 040 is far more
- > powerful, but if it must wait for the bus to work...:(
-
- I think the Afterburner uses a 32-bit bus to access it's local FastRAM,
- but it havn't got any cache like the Hawk does. If I have understod it
- correctly an PC with the cache disabled is useless, so I think the same
- thing happens to the Afterburner (not to the same extent, but almost).
-
- And when I say that the Hawk is faster, we talk about very small differences.
- Maybe just a few percent in some cases. Ofcourse the Afterburner will be faster
- in some areas, but on the whole the Hawk is said to be faster and it's doomed
- to be more compatible as it uses an 030 and that is a bonus I think. The Hawk
- does also have more options later if you get alot of cash, like a graphics card
- (it's said to be _very_ fast) an video grabber (broadcast quality) and a 486 PC
- emulator.
-
- //Magnus Kollberg
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