[Virtualacorn-list] Speed of Iyonix??

[Roger Darlington]

On 7 Oct 2008, ATimbrell at aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 07/10/2008 07:37:24 GMT Daylight Time,
> rogerarm at freeuk.com writes:
> 
>>My earlier question asked about a replacement Iyonix,
>>by using some sort of VRPC.
> 
>>However, I have since heard that  even if I had the fastest Mac
>>possible, a 3.2GHz 8-core thingy, it will  not run at equal or greater
>>than the Iyonixs; speed, but much less,  maybe only 30% of the Iyonixs'
>>speed.
> 
> I am not sure who told you this, but it's absolute nonsense.. On a  modern
> Mac (Intel Dual Core) a VirtualRPC will outperform an Iyonix on
> pretty much evyerything.

Well that is good news indeed Aaron. But I would like to confirm this 
for myself, with the SA-VRPC running at 2048x1536 24-bit colour.

Where can I play with one of this spec using DPscan and Variations?

I missed out going to Wakefield this year (other shows are even 
further away)...

> 
> Nearly 3 years ago Archive ran tests comparing VRPC and Iyonix.
> This was using sensible mid range PC hardware (which was a lot
> slower than Intel Core2 stuff). The VirtualRPC won by a narrow
> margin - as PCs get faster and faster (and more efficient) the gap
> just keeps widening.
> 
>>I would therefore need a 10GHz Mac just to  break-even with Iyonixs'
>>speed, let alone surpass  it.
> 
>>Comments please?
> 
> See above - Out of interrest who "told" you that a VPRC would only
> be "30%" of the speed?
> 
>>What speed (using image processing on  VRPC/SA-VRPC or JPEG-picture
>>viewing on the VRPC/SA0-VRPC do people see  in relation to that of an
>>Iyonix?
> 
> Depends on the application - in some extreme cases I would
> expect 2 x the performance - or perhaps even more.
> 
>>What is the  way forward?  An X-scale-Virtual Acorn??
> 
> Not needed.
> 
> Aaron
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