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- From: amipb@amipb.gna.org (Philippe Berard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Blitter vs 680x0
- Message-ID: <amipb.03ki@amipb.gna.org>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 12:51:39 GMT
- References: <BxM2CM.9E5@cck.coventry.ac.uk> <1698@igd.fhg.de>
- Organization: IWANIMA
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- In article <1698@igd.fhg.de> wirth@jocki.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Hanno Wirth) writes:
- >
- > |> good for speedy graphics, but what with the 68030 and 68040 picking up real
- > |> speed, how much long is it going to be, before using the blitter is slower
- > |> than using the CPU?
- >
- > I don't know exactly about the A4000, but in the A3000 the CPU is faster than
- > the blitter. That's the reason a program named 'CPUBlit' exists. Even on my
- > A2000 with it's 16 bit data path, the A2630 + CPUBlit is a little bit faster
- > than the Blitter.
-
- You also need CpuBlit on the 4000 with an 7/8 bitplanes screen, because
- you'll see that flicking bitplane scroll in the shell if you don't use
- it.
-
- Sincerely,
- -- Philippe
-
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