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- From: doiron@starpt.UUCP (Glenn Doiron)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: More 4000 compatible software
- Message-ID: <doiron.0hb3@starpt.UUCP>
- Date: 13 Nov 92 23:43:52 GMT
- References: <Bx8yKI.BFE@fc.hp.com> <David_Corn.0ii2@fcircus.sat.tx.us> <36761@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Organization: 68K Software Development
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- X-NewsSoftware: GRn 1.16f (10.17.92) by Mike Schwartz & Michael B. Smith
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- In article <36761@cbmvax.commodore.com> chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green) writes:
- > In article <David_Corn.0ii2@fcircus.sat.tx.us> David_Corn@fcircus.sat.tx.us (David Corn) writes:
- > >
- > >In <Bx8yKI.BFE@fc.hp.com>, koren@fc.hp.com (Steve Koren) writes:
- > >> When you scroll the starfield, *wham!*. You get a new display right
- > >> away, instead of having to wait like on a non-AGA machine.
- > >>
- > >> - steve
- > >
- > >
- > >D*mn braggart..grin! How about some WritePixel and other AIBB4.x
- > >statistics? Can you give us any numbers?
- > >
- > Note that the AIBB WritePixel test is no longer a good benchmark
- > _for HARDWARE_. The 3.0 ROM in the A4000 and A1200 contain a new optimized
- > WritePixel routine which can run around 3 times faster. Running this
- > test on a 25mhz A3000 with a 3.0 kickstart shows it being 3 times faster
- > than a 25mhz A3000 in AIBB! There are also other graphics speedups on the
- > AGA machines which come from software, not hardware.
-
- The new AIBB (5.00) will give you a much better comparison vs the 3000,
- since the 3000 that was being tested was running the release version of
- 3.0. So if you want some fairer benchmarks, get the latest version, where
- the systems are being tested on equal ground.
-
- Glenn Doiron
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