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Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 16 Jun 2020 18:44
by Dan1975
First off, a massive thank you to @Steve for repairing my STE :D I would just be staring at an attractive grey box if he had not come to the rescue lol
And then to @exxos for producing such great products. Thanks to him I now have a 4meg, dual tos, 32Mhz STE with a cool Pacman blitter chip too :D
Thank you again
Dan
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 16 Jun 2020 18:50
by exxos
:bravo: :girldance: :girldance: :cheer: :cheer:
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 16 Jun 2020 20:05
by Steve
Yipee :D
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 16 Jun 2020 21:21
by Dan1975
:D
Just a quick question. Where will I see the most benefits from the extra speed?
I know where the improvements are from the Gembench results but what actual applications will be the most noticeable?
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 18 Jun 2020 12:47
by Dan1975
Dan1975 wrote: 16 Jun 2020 21:21
:D
Just a quick question. Where will I see the most benefits from the extra speed?
I know where the improvements are from the Gembench results but what actual applications will be the most noticeable?
Will POV Raytrace be quicker for example? And what about games?
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 18 Jun 2020 12:53
by exxos
Nobody has ever compiled such a list. All GEM / Desktop apps will see a speed boost.
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 18 Jun 2020 13:01
by Dan1975
OK cool.
Will do some testing then :D
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 18 Jun 2020 13:52
by rubber_jonnie
I did some testing when I originally upgraded mine, and uploaded the videos to YouTube here:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUhBbO ... subscriber
For 3d and I suppose calculation heavy software like POV, there was a definite performance boost because the CPU was able to perform those calculations faster.
However if you look at the SF2 comparison, you can see there is not much to be gained if you're running a 2d beat 'em up.
Gembench took about half the time to run and the stats at the end are pretty clear. Everything is going faster apart from RAM access, which remains firmly set at 100%.
There are gains to be had, but don't expect RAM to work any faster.
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 18 Jun 2020 15:39
by Dan1975
Thanks @rubber_jonnie :D
Definitely noticed the 3D games running smoother.
Will try some more later and over the weekend
Re: Help with issue after installing booster
Posted: 20 Jun 2020 12:48
by Dan1975
Have just done a quick test with POV Raytracer. Did the pacman file as a tga image but only at 80x50 resolution as didn't want to wait for ages lol.
At 8mhz it took 10 minutes 12 seconds and at 32mhz only 7 minutes 40 seconds so a definite improvement.
Also noticed improvement in Damocles, Epic, No Second Prize, Archer MacLean's Pool and Midwinter 2 on the gaming front