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From: rhealey@kas.helios.mn.org (Rob Healey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: What to buy??(numbercruncher)
Message-ID: <106@kas.helios.mn.org>
Date: 26 Jun 91 14:25:47 GMT
References: <1991Jun17.124116.1900@sugar.hackercorp.com> <63@ryptyde.UUCP> <4ocHh98?@cs.psu.edu>
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In article <4ocHh98?@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>In article <63@ryptyde.UUCP> dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
>>>>>   "Even the IIfx isn't as fast as a 3000/25."
>   That's bull. The IIfx will blow the 3000 away. It has two dedicated I/O
>   chips (SCSI DMA too, which can be used with Unix), and a killer graphics
>   coprocessed board (the 8-24GC) (which was released with the IIfx). I doubt
>   you've done any kind of serious benchmarks.
>
	Huh? The speeds that count are to memory and disk. The 3000 has
	high speed 32 bit paths to both. The SCSI controller is
	seperate from the other main busses so other I/O should take
	place at the same time. Better yet, BOTH OS's can take advantage
	of the speed. From what I've heard, the SCSI controller and
	SCSI bus on the 3000 can easily handle the highest performance SCSI
	peripherals available today and still have spare bandwidth.

	If a graphics board can't currently be used with System 7.0 than
	it doesn't count, any more than me tring to use the nonexistant
	A2410 board as an excuse to say other video boards are pathetic.
	When the 2410 IS finally released, it's TI chipset should
	provide a VERY impressive video subsystem!

		-Rob