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 giannini%vianet.on.ca@INTERNET wrote : 

> I haven't had the Retina board that long but for example, I do find even
> a 256 colour Workbench slow...probably because it is actually processing
> in 24bit anyway.  Jpegs and Gifs view maybe 5-10 times faster than ECS/HAM
> viewers on the Amiga side though.  I've also heard very good things about
> the Retina Z2 when used with ShapeShifter (the soft. Mac Emul.).  The
> reason why the Retina is slower than Picasso and Retina Z3 is because
> those boards have a blitter while the Retina Z2 does not.  Hmmmm....I
> wonder if we can still have a special deal on upgrading to the Z3 Retina
> which is 3-5 times faster than a PicassoII. :)

What is not much... as i saw speed values, the first thing i saw was "The 
Picasso seems to be the slowest Board available"... also, the Retina Z3 was 
not that fast like i excepted it to be... as i got speed tests, i found out a 
Piccolo SD64 like i own was much faster (of course the CV64 is faster again :) 
)

>
> Despite its slowness in some operations, the Retina does have some
> advantages over the other cards (like higher rez. 24bit screens, VERY
> configurable, etc.) so it would be nice to see a speed increase via CyberGFX!

Not to the SD64 or the CV64... the SD64 has the same resolutions as the Retina 
Z3, the CV64 even more... both Boards are very configurable too...

Steffen Haeuser