Chipram - Page 2

liviux76 · 27 July 2015, 15:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Retrofan

You surely have cyberbugfix disabled. Open the screenmode and see if all of the monitors start the names with cgx. If not, you aren't running it.

Maybe you are using an old version of CWB39 too.

I'll check it out, thanks.

I am using CW3.9 V28, I think it is the latest version but I have probably cyberbugfix disabled. I am using an Indivision AGA MKII with HighGFX set at 1024x768 and 32 colors. My workbench starts with about 1.5 MB of Chip Ram free.

Retrofan · 27 July 2015, 15:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by liviux76

I'll check it out, thanks.

I am using CW3.9 V28, I think it is the latest version but I have probably cyberbugfix disabled. I am using an Indivision AGA MKII with HighGFX set at 1024x768 and 32 colors. My workbench starts with about 1.5 MB of Chip Ram free.

That sounds ok for 1024x768, you must be running it. You can try with 800x600 like SuperPlus or HighGFX 800x600 http://eab.abime.net/showpost.php?p=920520&postcount=97

Anyway 1.5Mb free uses to be enough for all if you are running cyberbugfix. If not, it can boot with that but later get out of ram if you open a large driver.

liviux76 · 28 July 2015, 09:27

Ok, finally I did it!

I used the latest icon.library (v46.4) and it really did make a great difference.

Since then, opening a folder didn't "eat" a KB of Chip ram but (there is always a but) after a few seconds of usage I found a problem.

With my configuration (HighGFX 1024x768), moving the icons in the desktop or, for example, opening a program from the "RUN" menu caused many flashes of the screen, somewhat like an attempt to synchronize the frequency or something similar.

Since I was very happy with the new icon.library I didn't give up and I tried to understand what was causing this issue. I had Cyberbugfix enabled and disabling it didn't make any differences. Disabling Fblit (and Ftext), instead, the flashes didn't appear, but I had again Chip ram consumption when opening a folder (about 50 KB).

That wasn't what I wanted so I checked the options in FblitGUI and after many tries I found out what was causing the flashes. The last option in FblitGUI is called QBSBlitPatch. It was installed and activated by default and the synchronization was set as "Beamsync". I switched this value to "Inline" and from then I didn't have any flashes anymore.

That's great, guys!

I chose to reduce the number of colors from 32 to 16 to save some more Chip Ram and now I have about 1600 KB of Chip Ram all the time, even with a lot of windows open!

Only Amiga makes it possible!

Thanks to all for the help!

Retrofan · 28 July 2015, 10:35

Congrats! Maybe you've solved the problem that the Indi MKII produces in a lot of boards when using HighGFX. I remember Gibs found the same problem with FBlit, but he didn't find the exact instruction that was causing that.

Maybe now everybody can use HighGFX without problems?

Amicol · 02 August 2015, 13:26

HighGFX works fine, and quite fast on my system. The only reason I don't use it is because it uses too much Chipram.
Damn the Amiga and its 2mb limit

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28 July 2015, 09:27	#23
liviux76 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: BO/Italy Posts: 711	Ok, finally I did it! I used the latest icon.library (v46.4) and it really did make a great difference. Since then, opening a folder didn't "eat" a KB of Chip ram but (there is always a but) after a few seconds of usage I found a problem. With my configuration (HighGFX 1024x768), moving the icons in the desktop or, for example, opening a program from the "RUN" menu caused many flashes of the screen, somewhat like an attempt to synchronize the frequency or something similar. Since I was very happy with the new icon.library I didn't give up and I tried to understand what was causing this issue. I had Cyberbugfix enabled and disabling it didn't make any differences. Disabling Fblit (and Ftext), instead, the flashes didn't appear, but I had again Chip ram consumption when opening a folder (about 50 KB). That wasn't what I wanted so I checked the options in FblitGUI and after many tries I found out what was causing the flashes. The last option in FblitGUI is called QBSBlitPatch. It was installed and activated by default and the synchronization was set as "Beamsync". I switched this value to "Inline" and from then I didn't have any flashes anymore. That's great, guys! I chose to reduce the number of colors from 32 to 16 to save some more Chip Ram and now I have about 1600 KB of Chip Ram all the time, even with a lot of windows open! Only Amiga makes it possible! Thanks to all for the help!

28 July 2015, 10:35	#24
Retrofan Ruler of the Universe Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Lanzarote/Spain Posts: 6,185	Congrats! Maybe you've solved the problem that the Indi MKII produces in a lot of boards when using HighGFX. I remember Gibs found the same problem with FBlit, but he didn't find the exact instruction that was causing that. Maybe now everybody can use HighGFX without problems?

02 August 2015, 13:26	#25
Amicol Registered User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Hartlepool / England Posts: 389	HighGFX works fine, and quite fast on my system. The only reason I don't use it is because it uses too much Chipram. Damn the Amiga and its 2mb limit

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