Buy some parts while waiting for Pegasos II

[KennyR]

If you want to play in 3D games, I would recommend a voodoo. We've been waiting for a radeon 3D driver for a long time and it doesn't seem as if we're ever going to get one. Needless to say, running out and getting a GeForce is useless, as there will never be drivers for any platform except Windows/x86.

Edit: DVI is supported, at least on radeon. I was just told by several users, as well as JoannaK.

You don't need a sound card or a network card, so leave those out. Those are integral to the Pegasos. Same goes for USB and firewire.

If you're interesting in playing old Amiga games, a Catweasel 3 PCI is useful for reading old Amiga disks, and you can also use Amiga keyboards and joysticks, and even play C64 music with a real SID chip (no driver for the SID and keyboard yet, though :-()

A PCTV card is nice, but hardly necessary. You'll have to pick it carefully though for support. Same goes for SCSI.

ATA100/133 hard drive with correct ATA100/133 cables is essential, as is a modern CD-ROM. The older cables might not work.

And most of all...wait until you have your board first before buying any of stuff. For now, just research it.

[KennyR]

You're welcome. :-)

Most 3D games will work on Radeon, just in software mode. I've been having great fun playing Heretic 2 in a frame rate I never could have got with my Amiga. In doesn't look as pretty, though.

But 3D hardware acceleration is faster and a lot prettier, and there is at least one game (Wipeout2097) that doesn't have a software renderer. So far, MOS doesn't have a 3D hardware driver for Radeon. It does have one for Voodoo. This may change by the time the Peg-2 is ready though.

Most old Amiga games won't work natively on the Pegasos, because they hit the hardware. But with the help of the catweasel you can make ADFs (or even read directly from the floppy disk) and use UAE to play them. So you can strike the perfect balance between playing newer Amiga games using the Pegasos's full power, and playing older games which don't need the speed in UAE.