Is a Mediator 4000Di worth it?

[Amigaz]

IMHO it's worth getting a Mediator..only drawback is that you'll loose the videslot if you want to use a scandoubler in one

[Amigaz]

Tahoe wrote:
He said you'd loose the Videoslot. A Videoslot is a lot more then just a scandoubler connector.
Videoslots can also be used for Internal Genlocks; MPG Decoder cards; GFX Cards with integrated FF/SD (Picasso IV), Video Toaster and Keying devices.

An option would be a Mediator 4000D (not the I version) in some kind of tower case. This version does have a full Videoslot.

Yeah and they clip on scandoubler's aren't full 24bit

[Amigaz]

d0pefish wrote:
Maybe this is of no use to you, but I found that my Voodoo 3 3000 (although on G-Rex and CGFX4) is significantly - noticabley - faster even at drawing 2D desktop items than my CyberVision PPC.

Things like tiling the backdrops of windows happens in a snap and I can't see them being "painted" any more. So far I am very pleased with my Voodoo system.

I'm not sure if a similar sort of performance is gained with a Mediator though, but PCI sure has been a great upgrade for me.

Amigaz sold me his Terratec 512i which is excellent under my G-Rex; MP3s, modules, and HivelyTracker sound fantastic on it. Thanks again, btw, Amigaz! :-D The digital out is useful too. I'm sure you can use this sound card under the Mediator aswell.

I am also using a PCI ethernet card which is noticably faster than my XSurf was. The only Zorro card I am using now is my Algor Pro.  

Glad the card worked great  :-)
Using one in my Mediator 4000, the sound is much deeper and crisper than my old SB128