gazsp wrote:
The title says it all really :-)
I like the fact that the A3000 has SCSI built in and a flicker fixer.
Which one should I choose? Also, which graphics cards do you recommend?
As the owner of more than one of each, I must say that it is really a "6 to 1 or half a dozen to another" toss up. They both have advantages that, in my opinion balance the arguement as to which is best. If we are talking stock with no expansion items, I would rate them in this order:
1. A4000T (only if it has built-in SCSI-2) because of AGA
2. A3000T because you get a FF/SD and SCSI + cool rareness factor (don't have this one yet, but looking)
3. A3000D same reason as A3000T without the cool rareness factor
4. A4000D last due to no SCSI or FF/SD and what I consider an ugly case design
For appearance, I think the A3000's have the edge over the A4000's. For building the ultimate Amiga, I think the A4000T is hard to beat as a starting point.
Picasso IV is tough to beat as top video card unless you add a PCI expansion and go with a Voo Doo 3, 4, or 5, which I have no experience with. The Picasso II in an A3000 is a nice setup as it has a passthrough and makes a single monitor setup easy, eventhough the Picasso II is not near the top in performance for Amiga video cards.
I have yet to tackle setting up my CyberVision video card on my PPC A4000 w/PPC 604/233mHz so can't comment on it's performance or ease of use yet. From what I have read, an ultimate Amiga has to have PCI and a Voo Doo video card.
