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Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Blitter vs. 040 (was: Computer Architecture question
From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma)
Message-ID: <28Va32w162w@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us>
References: <1991May18.163728.688@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 21 May 91 10:17:36 EDT
Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y.

mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) writes:

> In article <1991May18.104457.28023@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackerco
> >
> >Depends on the graphics. No point in using the 68040 to scroll console windo
> >if the blitter is already doing it as fast as you can go. I use the chip tha
> >doing it fast enough. The CHIP bus is already full anyway, remember. Might a
> >well tow it with the pickup as the ferrari.
> >
> 
> Personally, I would vote for using the '040 (or even the 030).  I use an
> Amiga 3000 daily at work and the graphics feel very slow.  All the work we do
> is in high resolution, interlaced 16 color mode, though.  The rest of the
> comuter is realy fast, but moving winows, drawing lines, an refreshing the
> display feels very slow - especially when compared to the speed of the displa
> of some other nameless computer...
> 
> The blitter is great for low res 320x200 screens, but for really high-res
> displays, the '030 would be much better.  Besides, I'm not running a ray
> tracer in the background all the time - it would be nice to use some of that
> idle computing power to speed up the display.
> 
> 			Varun Mitroo
> 			mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
> -- 
> You are young, they are old Control is all they've got to give
> Just live how you want to live Tiny things that make you slave
> Like a chain, an anchor to the bed of the sea

Then use the '030! There are a few PD programs out there that allow you 
to do just that.

rory