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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Surely a IIFX blows an Amiga 3000 away, right?
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Date: 15 Oct 90 20:16:04 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from matt@pacvax.UUCP

 
Certain benchmarks you quoted would most deffinatly blow away a stock Amiga
3000, or A2500/30...you're comparing a 40MHz '030 to a 25MHz '030.  A GVP or
Supra equipped A2x00 would leave the ][fx in the dust, as would a ][, ][cx, or
][x with a Daystar Digital accelerator.
 
Where the 25MHz machines still blow any Mac away, regardless of clockspeed, is
in areas dealing with system performance across the buss, particularly when
dealing with memory.  The ][fx has DMA for SCSI, but you'll have to wait to
take advantage of that.
 
This is also why 33MHz (and some 25MHz) i386 systems still wax a ][fx. 
Processor speed doesn't guarantee breathtaking performance across the board.
 
Sean

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