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From: brian@grebyn.com (Brian Bishop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Need feedback from accelerator card owners / knowledgeable people
Summary: Help me make a purchasing decision...
Keywords: 68030, 68882, Mhz, Mips
Message-ID: <22581@grebyn.com>
Date: 12 Oct 90 05:48:59 GMT
References: <13910046@hpfelg.HP.COM>
Reply-To: brian@grebyn.UUCP (Brian Bishop)
Organization: Grebyn Timesharing, Vienna, VA, USA
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  If any of you out there have 2000 accelerator boards in use and can
send me some feedback, I'd appreciate it. I've recently come into a
slight windfall and am considering various configurations. I'm leaning
toward GVP, but all responses are welcome. 

  Things I am interested in:

  1. How much of a difference does 32-bit memory make vs. 68030 speed?
      i.e. are the bucks better spent on a faster processor,
      or a slower one with 4 Meg of 32-bit memory (I think the latter)

  2. How good is the built-in hard-drive option? Will a non-scsi hard
     drive on the accelerator be noticebly faster than my scsi?

  3. Any particular pitfalls to watch out for? I would like to speed up
     my turbo-silver ray tracing, and also do even more multitasking
     than I am able to now. Can I expect most of my favorite terminal
     programs, compilers, etc. to work OK? (I know many of my games will
     break)

  4. Any other useful hints you can give me. 


 I am considering blowing the whole wad and getting the 50 Mhz 
68030, with 4 Meg and an 80 Meg Quantum, and licking my chops for unix.
But, then again, a 33 Mhz 68030 with 4 Meg would probably be almost as
good, and is a LOT cheaper.

  Hep me!

    Brian Bishop   (brian@grebyn.com)

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