Mediator vs Prometheus

[Morley]

@Nightshade737

Actually, the Mediator doesn't plug directly into the daughterboard slot. It consists of two different pieces:

1. New daughterboard with inactive PCI slots, replaces the original one.
2. Zorro -> PCI bridge that interfaces the inactive PCI slots on the new daughterboard to the Zorro bus.

So the mediator interfaces it's PCI bus through the Zorro-bus, just like the Prometheus. No speed gain there, just a much neater and prettier solution.
The G-Rex, on the other hand, should be fastest solution, as it is connected to the "PCI"(?) slot on the Cyberstorm MK3 boards. But I believe the G-Rex is no longer being produced.

-Edit-
Oh, and if the Mediator eventually interfaced directly on the daughterboard, it wouldn't make any difference, as the daughterboard-connector is just "plain Zorro". The daughterboard is nothing but a riser-card.

[Morley]

@Nightshade737

Well, Vesalia still has the A1200, A4000D and A4000T versions of the G-Rex listed on their web-site. Looks like the A4000T and A1200 versions are in stock, as they have prices tagged onto them, but the 4000D version has "call" instead of the price tagged onto it...doh.

Lucky me has a 4000T, just needs some money :-D

How is driver support for the G-Rex going, btw? Anybody know?

[Morley]

@Nightshade737

Yes, OpenPCI is supported by the G-Rex, (or visa-versa? :-) ), but there aren't many drivers available. GFXcard support looks good though.
When it comes to drivers, it looks like Mediator has the best "coverage", but...I don't like RDB killing code in my drivers, no matter the reason behind it.

Check out the german G-Rex homepage. There are some forums there, in german sadly, which answers a lot of questions regarding the G-Rex.