Mediator Grafix card

[swift240]

Hi all I am thinking of getting an Amiga Mediator PCI extension for my Amiga 1200 I have an Apollo Accelerator to go with it 030/40 I need to know what is the best grafix card to go with the Mediator?

TIA,

Mike.

[mechy]

Hi all I am thinking of getting an Amiga Mediator PCI extension for my Amiga 1200 I have an Apollo Accelerator to go with it 030/40 I need to know what is the best grafix card to go with the Mediator?

TIA,

Mike.

the sapphire radeon works well and is 3.3/5v compatible.here is 1 example:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-ATI-Radeon-9250-Graphics-Card-and-Cables-128MB-64-Bit-PCI-/252288749117?hash=item3abd94ce3d:g:AI4AAOSwe7BWwm27

There are many ati versions also that work, just watch for the 3.3v/5v deal.. most newer mediators support 3.3v so you shouldn't have any trouble finding one

[ChaosLord]

What I want to know is what Mediator gfx card  comes with the most contiguous RAM?

[amiadudeorwat]

What I want to know is what Mediator gfx card  comes with the most contiguous RAM?

That would be one of the Radeon 9200s, but keep in mind there is not much point in this.  Once you run out of Fast RAM on your Accelerator and your system starts using the Radeon RAM as general system RAM your whole system will come to a crawl.  The 256MB Radeons are only good for the first 8MB or whatever you're going to use as Video RAM the rest of it is too slow to be of much use for anything, other than a very large RAM drive.  I wouldn't bother trying to find anything larger than a 128MB Radeon 9200, unless you have some very odd need for a very large RAM: drive.  OTOH 256MB Radeons aren't really more expensive that 128MB versions anyway.

[kreciu]

... any gpu will be good . Even VirgeDX will be amazing comparing to AGA.

[kreciu]

Good luck in using more then 16MB of RAM in Amiga. For most of regular people this is plenty of RAM... if you add like 64MB or 128MB you will use it with Mac emulation, but "nothing" else. Do you plan to use ram disc for something?

PS. I got Radeon only for DVI connection, I don't like VGA quality.

[agami]

I had issues getting the Radeon to work.
I use a Voodoo 3 3000. Works like a charm.
I already have a BigRAM expansion in one of the Mediator Zorro slots so memory on the graphics card was not as important to me.

[Acill]

Radeon is the best if tou dont care about 3D. If you can find a VooDoo 3 its very fast and well supported as well as having full warp3D support.

The ram isnt to bad as well. I have 650MB in my A4000T and love the extra room to run what I want.

[kreciu]

Radeon is the best if tou dont care about 3D. If you can find a VooDoo 3 its very fast and well supported as well as having full warp3D support.

The ram isnt to bad as well. I have 650MB in my A4000T and love the extra room to run what I want.

I was going to mention you and your RAM . Can Amiga (real) have more then you have?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I was going to mention you and your RAM . Can Amiga (real) have more then you have?

Somebody loaded one up with more than a gigabyte a year or two back. There was screenshots floating around at the time. It was funny seeing such a long number across the top of the Workbench screen.

[mechy]

Radeon is the best if tou dont care about 3D. If you can find a VooDoo 3 its very fast and well supported as well as having full warp3D support.

The ram isnt to bad as well. I have 650MB in my A4000T and love the extra room to run what I want.

Since he is using a 030/40 i am willing to bet 3d won't be of much use

I have about 500MB of ram on my A4000 and i use it like crazy, i do everything in ram it seems

I think it was amigakit who posted the pic with multiple zorams at 1GB..  in theory zorro3 space is 4GB,so even that 1GB could be exceeded if you have the slots.

[zipper]

Dont remember exactly, somewhere around 1.5 GB or a little more is the max.

[kreciu]

Dont remember exactly, somewhere around 1.5 GB or a little more is the max.

And AmigaOS3.1 installed from few floppies .