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Dan1975 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:48 pm
At 8mhz it took 10 minutes 12 seconds and at 32mhz only 7 minutes 40 seconds so a definite improvement.
BTW: That's about 33% speedup (460 seconds vs. 612 seconds), almost the same what the CoreMark benchmark [1] measures for a 32-MHz-accelerated ST: 2.58 iterations/s (accel.) vs. 1.92 iterations/s (stock). This shows that CoreMark results are a realistic representation of actual system speedup.
@Dan1975 Castle Master also sees a good speed boost. Though I don't know if it runs on a STE.
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Dan1975 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 22, 2020 9:51 pm
Been great revisiting old favourites with a new found speed boost
Probably the only game I completed, only took 25 years
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Dan1975 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 20, 2020 12:48 pm
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
@Dan1975 Could you point me at the POV version you used and the file you rendered please (Upload here if possible), I'd be interested to test in my MSTE which is 16Mhz, but also has cache and FPU, I'd be interested to compare to your timings.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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@rubber_jonnie It was from the ST Format issue 49 cover disk and just followed the example instructions from the magazine but just adjusted the size to 80 x 50 instead of 320 x 200 as didn't want to wait too long.
Couldn't view the images properly after though. Tried using Photochrome from the same disk but only produced a distorted image
Dan1975 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 23, 2020 10:31 am
@rubber_jonnie It was from the ST Format issue 49 cover disk and just followed the example instructions from the magazine but just adjusted the size to 80 x 50 instead of 320 x 200 as didn't want to wait too long.
Couldn't view the images properly after though. Tried using Photochrome from the same disk but only produced a distorted image
Ok, thanks, I will see if I can find a disk image.
Collector of many retro things!
800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...