Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!eric From: eric@oakhill.UUCP (Eric Quintana) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A different review of the A3000 Message-ID: <3268@rorschach.oakhill.UUCP> Date: 8 May 90 20:23:47 GMT References: <135251@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <5203@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Reply-To: eric@rorschach.UUCP (Eric Quintana) Organization: Motorola Inc., Austin, Texas Lines: 22 In article <5203@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes: > > Reality check -- no way! The A3000 is a cool machine, but it is >not "in the same performance ballpark as the SparcStation". > > Reports say that the A2500/30 did about 7000 Dhrystones/sec. So >maybe the A3000 does 8-9000. The Sparc does over 22,000. > > Dan However, an A3000 with an 040 SHOULD be "in the same performance ballpark as the SparcStation." Furthermore, the Dhrystones quoted above are for an 030 at 25MHz. No reason why someone couldn't build a card with a 030 running at 50MHz. The point is: the A3000 (or A2000 for that matter) COULD keep pace with a workstation if you plug in the right card. But alas, these cards do not exist today. Perhaps Commodore or GVP will unvale one of these gems within a year. One can hope. Eric Quintana ...!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!eric