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kriz 04 May 2021 21:59

So much cool new developments lately, looking forward to see more of this one :)

d4rk3lf 09 May 2021 09:04

I am probably missing something, but why there's still no single video of Buffee benchmarks?
Looking at Discord group, and all I can see is photo's of Buffee's packed up and ready for shipment.
I'd expect, at least creators, to have some videos that will help them promote their product.

I mean.. nothing wrong here :) ... I can wait... just curious, and a little bit impatient to see how it performs. :)

eXeler0 09 May 2021 10:30

I payed for one "beta unit" but Im guessing most people havent actually received one. So not many out in the wild yet.
But yea, youd think we'd see that sysinfo screendump

kriz 09 May 2021 12:39

Sysinfo is one thing, but some software running would be nice.. Try ScummVM or simimar demanding application to show its power please :)

AJCopland 10 May 2021 16:05

I thought I saw a Doom screenshot(/video?) recently of someone who had one.

nikosidis 10 May 2021 17:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by d4rk3lf (Post 1482420)
I am probably missing something, but why there's still no single video of Buffee benchmarks?
Looking at Discord group, and all I can see is photo's of Buffee's packed up and ready for shipment.
I'd expect, at least creators, to have some videos that will help them promote their product.

I mean.. nothing wrong here :) ... I can wait... just curious, and a little bit impatient to see how it performs. :)

Buffee is not alive yet. I think the beta-version will be ready in around 4 weeks and with shipping it could be at least 6 weeks before we see anything.
This is kind of early in this project. It can be many issues. Be patient and do not hurry conclusions ;)
I have a feeling that 030/3.2GHz is a little optimistic but who lives will see.

d4rk3lf 10 May 2021 18:30

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Originally Posted by nikosidis (Post 1482744)
Be patient and do not hurry conclusions ;)

Not at all. :)
I personally love every single of Amiga hardware and software projects, and really happy to follow them.
I am just impatient to see some youtube clips. :)
I wonder if they will give Buffee to Dan Woods to review it. I love his reviews.

Is it, maybe, that slows people down, is fact that A500 doesn't have easy way of installing HD? So, they just don't want to show something like Gods running on Buffee, :) but rather, after they install some sort of HD?
But then again, Buffee should work on A2000, right?

Warty 10 May 2021 19:09

You lucky b*stige.

klx300r 10 May 2021 19:21

@ kipper2k

man I tell ya the past 5 years for new Amiga hardware have been just amazing !

so this Buffee Vampire slayer board is only 030 correct? I mean it won’t be able to run the latest 060 specific demos etc?

if that’s the case then it will be the fastest 030 for sure but hopefully there’s a way to slow it down as for example if you want to play Wing Commander etc the game will be just too fast to be playable

nikosidis 10 May 2021 20:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by klx300r (Post 1482774)
@ kipper2k

man I tell ya the past 5 years for new Amiga hardware have been just amazing !

so this Buffee Vampire slayer board is only 030 correct? I mean it won’t be able to run the latest 060 specific demos etc?

if that’s the case then it will be the fastest 030 for sure but hopefully there’s a way to slow it down as for example if you want to play Wing Commander etc the game will be just too fast to be playable

You can set Buffee to 040. Even 020 with fpu has all the 060 instructions and more.

Adrian Browne 11 May 2021 01:44

So is it an 040 or an 060 accelllerator? How does it compare to vampire or warp up board etc?

eXeler0 11 May 2021 08:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Browne (Post 1482841)
So is it an 040 or an 060 accelllerator? How does it compare to vampire or warp up board etc?

3 minutes spent on Googling "Buffee accelerator" will be time well spent for those who seek answers and want to understand what Buffee is about. There are already a bunch of articles that explain it very well.
As for comparison to other accelerators, its early days. Limited info available about real world performance.

nikosidis 11 May 2021 09:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adrian Browne (Post 1482841)
So is it an 040 or an 060 accelllerator? How does it compare to vampire or warp up board etc?

In pure CPU speed in a real Amiga it will kill everything we seen before by a huge margin!

The CPU can be set to max speed, most compatible etc. These settings will be applied with a reboot. How well that will work remains to be seen.

This is first of all a CPU socket replacement that will fit in A500 and A2000.

For A1200 or other Amigas there has to be made a card to fit a Buffee. There are also some penalty with 32 memory addressing. For me this is the ultimate Amiga dream. 040 1GHz performance in A1200. Let's dream :)

Promilus 11 May 2021 11:07

Quote:

040 1GHz performance in A1200. Let's dream
Well 030 performance claims might at least be feasible, 040 1GHz figure seems to be unrealistic ...

dreadnought 11 May 2021 11:15

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Originally Posted by klx300r (Post 1482774)
Buffee Vampire slayer

Wow! This seems blindingly obvious now, but went completely over my head. What a cheeky & clever name...no way it's a coincidence :)

roondar 11 May 2021 11:29

This is a very cool project. Not only because it allows for extremely high speeds (amazingly so it seems!), but because the base idea here should allow for some rather nifty tricks. For example, user chosen level of speed/compatibility or acting as a drop-in-replacement for a broken processor, etc.

Very, very nice. Kudos to all involved!

eXeler0 11 May 2021 11:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by dreadnought (Post 1482912)
Wow! This seems blindingly obvious now, but went completely over my head. What a cheeky & clever name...no way it's a coincidence :)

You can be 100% sure it is NOT a coincidence ;-)

UberFreak 11 May 2021 12:13

When the Buffee can emulate an 68060 with higher performance than the Vampire, then we might call it a "Vampire killer".
Right now? nah.

NovaCoder 11 May 2021 14:57

What I like about this project is that is not trying to expand the CPU by adding proprietary opcodes or replicating/enhancing the chipset, it's just a bloody fast accelerator :)

It sounds like my MiSTer FPGA will also benefit from this project by using the ARM to greatly improve Amiga performance (fingers crossed!)

roondar 11 May 2021 15:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by NovaCoder (Post 1482960)
What I like about this project is that is not trying to expand the CPU by adding proprietary opcodes or replicating/enhancing the chipset, it's just a bloody fast accelerator :)

Exactly, this is what I like about it as well :)


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