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Re: A4000 desktop questions. . . .
« on: October 24, 2005, 02:19:10 AM »
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Edpon wrote:
1-Since this board will replace the daughter board? Will this be slowed down at all or is it kept the true speed of the PCI?

DMA transfers from one card to another (which probably won't happen very often) are at full PCI speed. Transfers between the rest of the A4000 and PCI devices are only at Zorro III speeds. The only way to get any faster is with a Cyberstorm Mark III/Cyberstorm PPC and a G-Rex.

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2-I plan on buying a Voodoo 3 3000 for this; will it allow me to finally use a "normal" CRT monitor?

For stuff that doesn't bang on the hardware, yes.

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3-Do the older and AGA games recognize the voodoo and take advantage of it?

No. Normal workbench stuff and program specifically designed to work with a RTG card will show up on the voodoo. Everything else will still go over AGA.

Depending on what you want to do, a Prometheus might be a cheaper option if you can find one.