Subject: Re: more memory or new video card to improve performance?
To: None <port-amiga@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Matthias Scheler <tron@lyssa.owl.de>
List: port-amiga
Date: 01/16/1998 18:33:06
In article <v02140b05b0e50bd18c17@[134.207.6.58]>,
talmage@cmf.nrl.navy.mil (David W. Talmage) writes:
> You all seem to know better than I about these things. If I want X to
> perform better on my A3000, should I buy more memory or a new video board?
> "Luvthang" has 16MB Fast and 2MB Chip RAM. It has only the native A3000
> video hardware.
16MB is not much for X11 but it's enough. But the native Amiga hardware
is a real bottle neck. You should try to get a graphics board first.
> If the answer is to buy a new video board, does it matter which one as long
> as I buy one of those supported by NetBSD-Amiga/X?
You should get a board with Zorro III support and a 64Bit chipset
(CV64, CV3D or Picasso IV).
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Matthias Scheler http://home.owl.de/~tron/