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07 July 2007, 20:51
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Miggy Man
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Graphics Drivers
Which is better (or what are the diffs between)
CyberGraphX Picasso96 EGS My system is a A2000 with an 030 and 16MB of RAM, GVP Spectrum... I wanna know which one is the better system to install... And also what are the differences that I should look out for Edit: Oh... and running OS 3.9 Last edited by BinoX; 07 July 2007 at 21:07. Reason: Additional Info |
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07 July 2007, 20:55
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Ya' like it Retr0?
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picasso96 is perhaps the best.
although i used to use both cybergaphx and picasso on my a1260 + cybervision 643dMk2 |
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07 July 2007, 20:57
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Miggy Man
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What makes you say Picasso is the best?
(Is use p96 on the voodoo3 in my 1200 and CGX on my 4000 with CVPPC) But I still can't tell which is better... |
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07 July 2007, 21:28
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*the better* would be perhaps the better way to put it.
my main reasons being that P96 has a lot of tools and is simple to install and setup. arguably cgfx is a little more configurable. but this only from my experience using cgfx 3.0 |
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07 July 2007, 22:02
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Miggy Man
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P96 it is then.. 'cause Zetr0 says so
 lolI just had a funny 5 mins cursing at the machine when the gfx card wasn't working... then I remembered... I had to set the accelerators RAM into extended instead of using the autoconfig area.. oops @ me.. lol |
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07 July 2007, 22:09
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Miggy Man
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Thanks for the advice Zetr0
My A2000 is now running in 16 bit glory 
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07 July 2007, 22:20
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@Binox
Awesome! |
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07 July 2007, 23:03
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Thinking of ditching CGX4 on my A2000, window drawing is almost slower than ECS/OCS lol |
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07 July 2007, 23:19
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Binox, I'm glad you worked it out
 so it's not only me who thinks picasso96 feels somewhat snappier than cgfx4 ? (well at least with 030) |
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07 July 2007, 23:20
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Miggy Man
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@AMIGAZ
lol.. P96 is working great on mine, nice and fast  Now if only I had something that I wanted to run on my A2000 lol... (I seem to enjoy the building/fixing and setting up of the systems more than I do using them these days... oh well... lol) @coze Thanks Well, its all thanks to your good deal on the gfx card that it was even possible
Last edited by BinoX; 07 July 2007 at 23:21. Reason: extra post |
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07 July 2007, 23:22
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Supernormal
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is it possible to use p96 with cvisionppc?
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07 July 2007, 23:26
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Miggy Man
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I don't think so..
i think it only works with CV64 and CV64/3D |
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08 July 2007, 00:12
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@Binox
as a technical point I would be interested in seeing what EGS can do. after all the spectrum was one of the few if the only card that could do ALL the graphics modes ( CGFX / P96 AND EGS ) I have never seen egs, i would be curious about it personally. |
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08 July 2007, 00:42
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Amiga-less!
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I found P96 the most user friendly.
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08 July 2007, 12:08
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Miggy Man
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08 July 2007, 12:37
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Indeedy Binox, I would apprciate it, and indeed a candid evaluation.
muchoos thankies
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21 July 2007, 14:47
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Miggy Man
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OK.. an update...
Installed all of them and here are my (from a user perspective, not benchmark) views.. CGX(v4) and P96 seem to be similar in speed although CGX seems to be a little faster at 1024x768... EGS... well, it works, but it's not particularly fast, but it IS of course much faster than having just AGA(or ECG/OCS) rendered with their highest number of colours... So, unless you particularly need CGX... I'd say use P96, since it's basically free (Although I'm still gunna use CGX on my A4000 'cause I bought it.. lol)
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21 July 2007, 14:54
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@Binox
good info there my friend, cheers muchly! |
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14 October 2007, 23:52
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Windows are sluggish - everything feels slower compared to CGFX4. Also, I found Picasso96mode a nightmare compared to the CGFXMode program to setup new resolutions... looks like I'm stuck with P96 though, if I want to use the Mediator... Any ideas? I must admit, I have installed on a heavily modified system, but can't see any real reasons why P96 is being so slow. Steve |
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