Hello all,
I am considering buying a Vampire V4 SA after being away from the Amiga scene for quite a while, just a few questions about the Vampire V4 SA.

1) Realistically, what resolution can it run Workbench? Is 1920x1080 in 24 bit viable?
2) For more modern games, or SDL ports, what sort resolution is realistic? 800x600?
3) Does Ethernet work as expected?

Any pointers to in depth newer reviews would be great, I've found a few from 2019 and so on, but I understand the FPGA cores change a bit, and they may be out of date now.

Cheers

Garry

Last edited by thegman on 09-Oct-2022 at 02:24 AM.

@thegman



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1) Realistically, what resolution can it run Workbench? Is 1920x1080 in 24 bit viable?

Workbench runs at 1280x720 x 24/32bit

You can find more info here:
http://www.apollo-computer.com/v4standalone.php

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2) For more modern games, or SDL ports, what sort resolution is realistic? 800x600?

Yes this is possible.
There are new games with 960 or 640 resolution

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3) Does Ethernet work as expected?

Ethernet works.
FTP and surfing is OK with the limitations that Amiga browsers have.



Next week is the A37, the World biggest Amiga Meeting.
As this meeting you can see douzens of V4 system in action, and can also try them out.

@Gunnar

Thanks Gunnar, this is much what I expected, could it perhaps do Workbench at 1280x1024? I think that is the resolution of the new Checkmate screens.

Thanks

Garry