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From: bmccnnll@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 68020 card for A500 - speed? RAM?
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Date: 21 Jun 91 18:12:03 GMT
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Has anyone had any experience with a 68020 processor for the A500? I'm
considering buying one as 68030's are a wee bit too expensive for me, and was
wondering what kind of speed increases you get with and without 32-bit RAM.
Basically, the place I'm buying it from says 3.5x increase with no 32-bit RAM,
or 4.7x with it. Since the RAM board costs lots, is it worth getting?

The review in Amiga Shopper was different: it said 4.5x without RAM, and a lot
more with it. And they were reviewing the _same_ board!! (The HARMs 68020.)

If anyone has any comments or results of speed tests (SI, mips, Dhrystones,
whatever, preferably alongside that program's result on a plain A500), please
e-mail me (don't post to this group - I'm going away on hols for the next 4
weeks & your reply won't be there when I get back!).

Thanks,

Barry.

bmccnnll@vax1.tcd.ie