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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: swift240 on March 18, 2004, 12:20:04 PM
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Just a though, I have sent of for a Mediator SX 1200 PCI bus board, will I be able to play PAL games using the Graphics card I shall put with it (Voodoo 3 2000 3DFX)
Not having such a setup before this will be new ground to me.
TIA,
Mike.....
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No. The games will still play on your old internal AGA graphics, so you will need multiple stuff hooked up. I.e. a TV to the AGA and a monitor to the Voodoo, or buy a scandoubler and use a switchbox.
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O.k thanks for that, I shall still use my Microvitec monitor to play the games then via the RGB port.
Thanks,
Mike....
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You might find this thread (http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6679) interesting...
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Some (and I mean a very few) Amiga games/programs can be forced to run on a Graphics Card and thus bypass AGA.
You could try getting hold of ModePro from the Aminet. I've used ModePro to force certain programs to retarget to my Voodoo card, and thus having to avoid running two monitors at the same time.
I've had very mixed results so far though. Colonization runs fine, Civilization AGA can be persuaded to run (use the "Force Planar" checkbox in Modepro) but the sprites aren't visible and I'm relibaly informed that Sim City 2000 will run with "Force Planar" enabled. Non-game programs like the Magic64 emulator, Visage etc can also be used with ModePro. BTW, AFAIK a promotable patch for Alien Breed 3D II exists too.
As for anything that looks like it requires the Amiga's custom hardware (99% of games) then there's little you can do other than either re-routing via a TV card in the Mediator (I've not tried this so can't comment on success), keeping your old Monitor on standby or buying a scandoubler.