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Originally Posted by kovacm
Ok.
This is not clear to me: if you use 16 colors on Amiga 500 then 68000 does not slow down (have maximal access to cheap ram) so fast ram will NOT speed anything?
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This is mostly true.
As long as the copper/blitter are idle, there is no real difference in speed for the 68000 between chipram and fastram. However, if you have an a500 with true fastram (meaning not one of those trapdoor expansions, they are 'slowram') then and only then, the CPU can still execute at full speed while the blitter/copper are active. As long as code is in fastmemory.
Any Amiga with a 68020+ is always faster when using fastram.