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03.018 If I do a TWGS/ZipGS speedup mod, what kind of performance increase can I expect?




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This article is from the Apple II Csa2 FAQ, by Jeff Hurlburt with numerous contributions by others.

03.018 If I do a TWGS/ZipGS speedup mod, what kind of performance increase can I expect?

    This is just to give you a rough estimate of how much faster you might be able
to achieve...

 BenchMark v5.0 results:

 CPU        Stock    TWGS   TWGS   TWGS    ZipGS  ZipGS  ZipGS
 Version    ROM 01   1.8s   1.8s   1.8s    1.0.2  1.0.2  1.0.2
 Cache/Spd          32k/15 32k/15 32k/15   64k/?? 64k/?? 64k/??
 Clock Spd    2.8     15   13.75   12.5      16     15     14
           =======  ====== ====== ======   ====== ====== ======
 Sieve      410.00   99.00 108.00 117.00    98.00  99.00 110.00
 String    1151.20  270.00 292.00 303.67   259.00 262.00 282.00
 Float 1    472.00   92.33  87.00 111.33   123.00 128.00 135.00
 Float 2   1535.00  317.00 394.00 381.67   395.00 415.00 432.00
 Fibinacci 2006.00  605.00 634.00 645.33   507.00 523.00 548.00
 Integer   1553.40  307.00 330.00 346.67   420.00 431.00 443.00

 Dhrystone  236     1136   1063   1000       NA     NA     NA
     *              1351          1183     1282     NA     NA

* Dhrystone v1.1 re-compiled under ORCA/C v2.0.1

     System Software 5.0 QuickDraw II improvement test:

     Stock //gs:     5648 ticks
     TWGS 15 MHz:    1332 ticks (over 4x faster than stock)

If you look at the numbers, a 12 MHz or faster TWGS/Zip will make everything
just about 4x faster than a stock //gs.

By:  Scott G.
    

 

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