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So much cool new developments lately, looking forward to see more of this one
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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. |
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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 Last edited by eXeler0; 09 May 2021 at 18:26. |
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Sysinfo is one thing, but some software running would be nice.. Try ScummVM or simimar demanding application to show its power please
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I thought I saw a Doom screenshot(/video?) recently of someone who had one.
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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. |
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10 May 2021, 18:30 | #27 |
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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? |
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You lucky b*stige.
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@ 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 |
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So is it an 040 or an 060 accelllerator? How does it compare to vampire or warp up board etc?
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As for comparison to other accelerators, its early days. Limited info available about real world performance. |
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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 Last edited by nikosidis; 11 May 2021 at 09:22. |
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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! |
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When the Buffee can emulate an 68060 with higher performance than the Vampire, then we might call it a "Vampire killer".
Right now? nah. |
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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!) |
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