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| SuperMac Thunder 24 Daughtercard Questions |
Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2022-05-09 08:45:51
Recently got a SuperMac Thunder 24 from a member on here with two add on daughter cards. Would like some clarification on what the difference of the two daughtercards is?
The first is a SuperMac Image Processing Accelerator. The second says GX on it.
According to LEM, the GX one adds "twin AT&T 3210 DSPs, is available to make this card into a SuperMac Thunder II GX 1152". Is that correct?
So the image accelerator board makes it a Thunder 24 with a processor DSP board, but the GX board makes it a Thunder II GX with DSPs? |
Posted by: slomacuser on 2022-05-09 09:48:22
The GX and Image Processing Accelerator is the same thing. The IPA or GX is a DSP processors that speed the Photoshop filters. |
Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2022-05-09 10:49:36
The GX and Image Processing Accelerator is the same thing. The IPA or GX is a DSP processors that speed the Photoshop filters. Got it, so pretty much same product different name? I noticed both boards look a little different, guessing the GX adds a few other things versus the IPA. |
Posted by: jeremywork on 2022-05-09 10:59:35
The function is exactly the same, but I believe the GX card runs the DSPs at 80MHz; the IPA either 64 or 66MHz. |
Posted by: slomacuser on 2022-05-09 11:35:55
I did some tests here https://68kmla.org/bb/index.php?threads/photoshop-accelerators-dsp.39998/ |
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