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- > > Since the local RAM on the AfterBurner card is so fast, why not put the
- > > screen there?
- >
- > Yeah, why not? The same goes for Bad Mood.
-
- Actually, Doug has already put what looks like that in there, copying to ST
- RAM via MOVE16. It's not certain that you would really gain anything from
- using that, though, since you need to write it all to ST RAM in any case.
-
- > > Naturally, you'd also have to have a screen in the standard RAM or you would
- > > not be able to see it (;-), but with an extra copy you could do all screen
- > > reads from local RAM and then write to both standard RAM (uncached) and to
- > > the local.
- >
- > So who long would the transfer take to standard ram?
-
- The point is that you only write as much to standard RAM as you would have to
- in any case. The reads get a lot faster from the local RAM, but you loose a
- little by having to write there too. My guess it that it would be well worth
- doing.
-
- Scrolling 4 Mbyte example using your figures (approximate calculations):
-
- Normal way:
- read standard, write standard => about 1 + 1 = 2 seconds
-
- My way:
- read fast, write fast and standard => 0.1 + 0.25 + 1 = 1.35 seconds
-
-
- When bandwidth to standard RAM goes down for more demanding graphics modes
- 'my way' will asymptotically approach a speedup of 2!
-
- > > Of course this would need a new or modified VDI, but it should be possible,
- > > I think. Doug?
- > > I'll definitely be trying this out with my GEM-DEU line drawing soon.
- >
- > Yup and Bad Mood. :-)
-
- It wouldn't do much good for BAD MOOD I'm afraid, since that never reads
- from standard RAM anyway.
-
- > > Has anyone checked what kind of lines are available on that port?
- >
- > Well, it's just to trace the lines! Happy tracing. :-)
-
- I guess I've better have a go at that tonight then, since the card will
- hopefully be installed tomorrow.
-
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