22 November 2003, 15:34 | #1 |
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Apollo 060/66 Accelerators for A1200s
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What's people's opinions of these accelerators? Worth the £89.99? I heard the Apollos can't be disabled with a simple key press which is a bit offputting. Speedwise though, it should surpass my Blizzard 030 by a long way. Any advice would be appreciated |
22 November 2003, 19:32 | #2 |
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No, no, no, no no. No. No no no. Worst £250 (at the time) I've ever spent. If someone offered me an Apollo 060 board for free, I'd laugh and turn it down. Don't buy it.
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22 November 2003, 19:38 | #3 |
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get one. worth it. got a blizzard 060 myself with key disactivation mind
think i recall they run colder than a 030 card too |
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Apollo Cards suck ! They are for sure faster than any 030 but the card itself is a mess .... they are unstable as hell, the SCSI ports are REALLY slow and buggy .... for half the price above, MAYBE but else..... nonono
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- Software-only SCSI - Cannot be disabled - Extremely picky about SIMMs - Software incompatibilities (both standard 060 incompatibilities shared with the Blizzard, and other inexplicable incompatibilities) - Unstable to the point of being useless (my board would run for an hour at the most before it crashed; the Blizzard has no such problems. Heat was not a problem, nor power, as it was installed in a tower) - Shoddy design (based on the 040 board, and includes a fiddly voltage regulator to switch from 5V to 3.3V) I experienced many other annoyances and problems with my Apollo 060/66, and spent a fortune trying to get it working properly (including buying the tower case, various SIMMs, a new motherboard, a new buffered IDE interface, new kickstart ROMs, a new hard disk... Pretty much replaced everything). Eventually got a pair of Blizzard 060 boards and haven't used the Apollo since. |
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22 November 2003, 20:31 | #6 |
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Yikes, that's a no then
I'd love a Blizzard 060 of course, my Blizzard 030 MKIV has been flawless for years, but any that turn up in Amibench / auctions etc have been daft prices. I guess they must be really sought after cards these days |
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If that's the case, no way would I pay £90 for just the CPU.
I could get an XP2600+ (with hs & fan) for this price ffs! I realise prices have to increase when parts run dry, but sheesh. |
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