Mediator/Grex: Will it fit on a desktop A1200 if.....

[AmigaMance]

...If:

1. I raise my Amiga 3cm's from the ground and remove the trapdoor.
2. Remove the metal EM shield.
3. Get rid of the upper part of the plastic case.
4. Remove the original keyboard and use an external one with an adaptor.

 I have already done all of these things and i want to know if a Mediator or a Grex will fit now and if there are any possible complications. I am more inclined in buying a mediator and adding just a Voodoo3 on it, nothing else.
 I don't care if it will look ugly, only if it's possible.

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@doctorq

It's possible. Only demand is that there isn't anything covering the motherboard.

Good to hear that it's possible. I don't mind about the exposed motherboard.

Some of the plastik might come in the way of the busboard though.

Hmm.. That can be a problem. Are you talking about both BusBoards?

If you only need a graphics card, why not go for a BVision instead.

Because i already have one, but it's a little slow. Specially in 3D operations.


@motorollin
 Because good Amiga towers are expensive and the post expenses are also high because of their weight.

[AmigaMance]

Get a PC tower and house everything in there. If you already are hacking up your Amiga, continue with the tower.

Ok. I was reading that this requires lots of work like cutting parts of the tower with a saw and i don't feel very confident in doing do-it-yourself stuff. :-D
 Anyway, what whould be the requirements of this pc tower in dimentions, psu, etc.? How should i ask it, in a computer shop?

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@Mad-Matt

If you only need a graphics card, why not go for a BVision instead.

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Because i already have one, but it's a little slow. Specially in 3D operations.

Youll get the shock of youre life when youve destroyed your amigas case and found that you have gained absolutly no performance boost over the bvision especially with the med and voodoo3 where youll lose performance due to the zorroII bottleneck. Its not the gfx procesor thats slow, its the amiga thats simply not fast enough to drive it any faster.

 What you say does shock me indeed! Are you sure about this? I keep hearing that the Voodoo3 is faster than the BVision!.. *shrugs* :-?
 Also, have a look at this site: http://www.amigaspeed.de.vu/ Both the 2D benchmarks and the 3D games performances are suggesting that Voodoo3 is faster..

Edit: Hmm, on a second look, some 2D functions are a bit slower on the Voodoo3 but most of them are faster.
Edit2: Anyway, i will be glad if you are right, because this will save me from a lot of trouble and money :-D

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@Frags

I just have my computer on polystyrene feet with no case, it`s convenient for fiddling and easy to keep clean. It`s also easy to cool properly so if it doesn`t bother you then just forget the case altogether and arrange everything on the desk.

 Is your computer a Amiga 1200? If it is and you have some pictures of it, i would like to see them! :-)


@Mad-Matt and Lemmink
 Thank you for the information. My biggest motive to buy a PCI busboard was to get noticeably faster graphics. So, it's probably better for me to stay to my current configuration.
 Btw Matt, you can run BlitzQuake on a BVision. It works under MorphOS.


@CLS2086

The other advantage for the GREX is the MorphOS support up to Voodoo 5 - 5500 in 3D mode !
But you need to have a BPPC rev2 to enjoy well your system.

 Yes, i know. That's indeed a good reason to buy a grex. In my case i have to send my rev0 BPPC to france first and i'm to scared to do that. Not because i don't trust the guys in the repair center of course. Let's hope that someone will grab the bounty for the permedia2 3D driver.