@pavlor

!941 need SDL accelerated , it works usually on Classic with 9250 Pci ... i dont know if on Picasso II/IV works

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phoenixkonsole wrote: @OlafS25 Thanks Looks good. But i would like to see things which Need "fluidity" like games or movies.

If you have a PC, you don't need to watch movies or play games like Doom, Quake, etc.: just use the PC for it, maybe running in parallel to WinUAE which runs OS4.
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If those games i mentioned work good without quirky Sound it makes no sense to buy a ppc Computer anymore.

WinUAE is still not mature, but I think it's good enough to mostly replace a costly PowerPC machine.

The missing thing now is the JIT for the PowerPC FPU -> x86 FPU, because QEMU doesn't do it right now. I think that opening a bounty may help, and "close the circle".

Another area is about the video subsystem. For that, a custom Wazp3d library which directly "talks" with DirectX (through WinUAE) will solve the problem without the need to add a FULL graphic card emulation, which of course will be much slower (an ad hoc library removes a lot of bottlenecks: no video card registers and behavior to emulate). Again, a bounty can solve the problem.

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AmigaBlitter wrote: @OlafS25 Interesting. I would like to know how can perform on an old dual core (not core duo). The video shows a core i7....

You don't need an i7 for WinUAE + PowerPC: a dual core x86 CPU is enough. Even an i3 exceeds the requirements, due to the 2 cores / 4 hardware threads.

For a good emulation you need a CPU with:
- 2 (physical) cores;
- a lot of GHz;
- a modern and efficient (e.g.: with an high IPC) x86 processor.

That's all: no zillion cores processors.

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pavlor wrote: @Metalheart I think it could be doable even with Windows (not load Explorer at startup).

Exactly. A people is working on a special Windows configuration which directly runs WinUAE, removing also the usual Windows boot images, so it'll be like having an Amiga machine.

@cdimauro
You got me wrong.
I am not eager to play those games om amigaos4, they work better on aros. If they run fluidly i would not put sams on my stock as i planned, instead i would offer aresone with bootoption into amigaos4.
I don't care about numbers, it just should run fluidily.
With ati hd there is no 3d as well, so i just wanne see 2d stuff.
Raw numbers are not so relevant as long there is no demanding software available. The both i named are demanding enough.

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phoenixkonsole wrote: @cdimauro You got me wrong. I am not eager to play those games om amigaos4, they work better on aros. If they run fluidly i would not put sams on my stock as i planned, instead i would offer aresone with bootoption into amigaos4. I don't care about numbers, it just should run fluidily. With ati hd there is no 3d as well, so i just wanne see 2d stuff. Raw numbers are not so relevant as long there is no demanding software available. The both i named are demanding enough.

OK, if it's all 2D stuff, they should run smoothly.

Let's wait for someone to test them and provide a video, like the one which showed OS4 run well on an i7.

@cdimauro
I offer 20$ for a video showing them as a thAnk you for taking the tine to test it.
I have a Sam here so I am not so eager to buy a classic license if it performs worse on those things. If it is just "fast enough" to Play those i would be convinced.

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@phoenixkonsole:
Experiences from a laptop with 1.8 GHz:

Applications and the OS itself run very fast and snappy.
But: 1941 runs rather slow & after a few minutes of playing the screen freezes.

Video:
1941@WinUAE/PPC

@A500Fan
It works quite fast. What CPU is it exactly?
Basically a 600€ PC kicks ass : )
You can send me a paypal address if you like.

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@phoenixkonsole

The specs of the laptop are:
CPU: 1,8 GHz Intel Core i5
RAM: 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000

Please do not send the paypal payment to me but to the wonderful two people who made this emulation possible ( paypal address: twilen@winuae.net / reason for payment (e.g.): "Thank you for integrating PPC emulation into WinUAE" ).

@A500Fan
okidoki.

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@phoenixkonsole

It does not look that good, it runs a lot better on real hardware.

on a Sam440ep

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For sure because on Sam you have video acceleration on SDL thank to huno bosty library ;)

In any way is not really bad can make the people never used AmigaOs 4 and had only made critics on it understand what they loose all this time ;)

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Hmm if I quadrouble the CPU power it runs more than good enough.

Price reduction is coming.
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@phoenixkonsole

Pascal, if you want the best CPU for WinUAE OS4.1 emulation , than look at Core CPUs that can clock as high as possible and can overclock, like Devil's canyon i7-4790K. Those are faster in single threaded ops than Xeons.

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Is there any disadvantage in using OS4 classic as opposed to OS 4 for NG machines ?

I mean classic is supposed to run on cyberstorm cards where as the NG version run on modern disigned pure PPC motherboards.

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Is there any disadvantage in using OS4 classic as opposed to OS 4 for NG machines ?

Both versions are equal in features. However, classic hardware has limitations: only 128 MB RAM (or 256 MB on Blizzard603e) + SWAP (eg. via Z3 RAM).

@pavlor

ok, those are hardware limitations on real classic hardware. But when run in emulation, does that still apply ?

Any other things to consider ?
Was OS4 classic to be developed farther ? 4.2 4.3 and so on ? Or was support to be canceled with 4.1 ?

All of this needs to be considered imo, or we would be stuck the same way 3.9 is. Depending on 3th party development of the OS and addons.

Thanks

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But when run in emulation, does that still apply ?

Of course. Eg. Z3 RAM is used as SWAP (it was too slow to be used as RAM on real Amiga).

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Was OS4 classic to be developed farther ? 4.2 4.3 and so on ? Or was support to be canceled with 4.1 ?

Not known yet.

@pavlor

I'm not sure, but cant you use a lot more RAM (chip and fast) in emulation then on real classic hardware ?

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I'm not sure, but cant you use a lot more RAM (chip and fast) in emulation then on real classic hardware ?

Yes and no. WinUAE supports only up to 128 MB accellerator RAM - that can be used by both OS4 and OS3 as Fast RAM. WinUAE also supports Z3 RAM - OS3 uses it as Fast RAM, OS4 as SWAP.