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Jonathan: The closest to a benchmark that we have here is VistaPro. We have a version which has been compiled for the Pentium, for the PowerPC and for the 68040 (we don't have a 68060 to try it on yet). The PowerPC is slightly faster than the Pentium for the same clock speed, and a Pentium/90 renders 10 times faster than a 68040/25. Reports on the 060 that I've seen are that it runs about twice as fast as an 040 at the same clock speed, which would make a 68060/50 about 2.5x slower than a Pentium/90. VistaPro makes a good benchmark as the rendering engine is in C and is identical for all three platforms. Unless the 060 is a lot faster than initial reports have it being, it's not really in the same class as the Pentium or PowerPC. There is an interesting set of comparisons in the July Video Toaster User, comparing an Amiga 4000/25 with a Warp/40, a Cyberstorm060 and a Pentium/100 (Windows NT) (as well as other processor/OS combos). The 060 comes out just slightly faster than the Warp, but 2.77 times slower than the Pentium. I wish it were otherwise, as I happen to like the 680×0 processor series, but I happen to own both an Amiga 4000 and a Pentium/90 and the 10x speed difference is quite real. (Though admittedly, Windows 3.1 on the Pentium is like attaching a covered wagon to a warp drive. <sigh>) Clint <Chaocity><VRLI>