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Mega GP Mania
Right, many many emails, PMs and forum questions about this.
How much faster is it?
Well, firstly the difference isn't just the clock speed:
What's new:
CPU is 1Ghz (overclockable)
GPU is now 200MHz instead of 110MHz
RAM is now 512MB instead of 256MB
Memory is clocked at 200MHz instead of 166MHz
CPU L1 cache increased from 16KB/16KB to 32KB/32K
How does this effect performance?
The 1Ghz Pandora is around 66% faster than the 600Mhz Pandora.
Of course both overclock and this can vary the results too.
Notaz has made a table showing the differences in speed:
How much faster is it?
Well, firstly the difference isn't just the clock speed:
What's new:
CPU is 1Ghz (overclockable)
GPU is now 200MHz instead of 110MHz
RAM is now 512MB instead of 256MB
Memory is clocked at 200MHz instead of 166MHz
CPU L1 cache increased from 16KB/16KB to 32KB/32K
How does this effect performance?
The 1Ghz Pandora is around 66% faster than the 600Mhz Pandora.
Of course both overclock and this can vary the results too.
Notaz has made a table showing the differences in speed:
Code:
______________________________-3530-__|__-3730-__|_[1]____[2]
clock_speed__________________600M_1GHz_1GHz_1280M|_28%____67%
PSX_Crash_Bandicoot_3_(fps)____91_133*__154___184|_<_38%__69%
PSX_Tekken3_(fps)_____________~42_~60*__~67___~77|_<_28%__60%
genesis_sonic1_(fps)_________~245_~405_~416__~520|_28%____70%
32X_Virtua_Racing_(fps)________46___80___84___107|_33.7%__82%
zip_compresion_(-9,_seconds)_28.3_17.7_16.1__12.8|_38%____76%
bzip2_compression_(seconds)___141___94___86____71|_32%____64%
"memspeed",_MB/s______________310__326__473___474|_45%____53%
[1] - 3530@1GHz vs 3730@1.28GHz
[2] - 3530@600MHz vs 3730@1GHz
* had to run at 960MHz, unstable otherwise because of heavy use of NEON
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