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- > Excuse me, but how can you achieve a _higher_ res with a slower BUS (12.5
- > Mhz) ?!?!?
-
- > I've never been able to use more than about 26Mbyte/s for a graphics mode
- > on my standard Falcon and the top two resolutions above need around another
- > 10Mbyte/s.
-
- That sounds about right.
-
- > Something seems to be wrong with the table.
-
- The table isn't wrong - it's just very unclear. Somebody has been 'trimming'
- my explanations again! I won't mention who...
-
- :)
-
- The 12.5MHz bus is referring to the CPU data bus to ST-Ram. In other words,
- the Afterburner's external data bus. The videl still gets 25MHz access
- independantly.
-
- Half-clocking the CPU also half-clocks it's access to ST-ram. It gets half
- the number of slots on the bus multiplexer circuit. This means the CPU is
- effectively running on a 12.5MHz bus when everything else is running at 25MHz!
-
- > It's running at a lower than standard speed, but why 'half-clocked'?
-
- Because single-clocking is way too high with a 33MHz rated chip trying
- to run at 50/100MHz - which is what happens when you run the bus at 25MHz,
- and you don't have the option of 'three-quarter-clocking' or whatever. Half
- clocking gets the 68040 down to a reliable speed while shoving the videl-bus
- through the roof for big video. Otherwise, the 68040 cooks in it's own juices.
-
- :)
-
- > (I wish people could stop quoting those PCLK speeds.)
-
- I know - it makes things really complicated.
-
- Unfortunately, if you don't append them somewhere, everybody jumps on you with:
-
- 'My Afterburner runs at 64 or 80MHz - why is your's only working at 40?'
-
- You know what I mean...
-
- :)
-
- Doug.
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