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Upgrading to Mediator + RTG Card, but is it worth it?
« on: January 03, 2012, 09:15:06 PM »
Hi all i am wanting to upgrade my amiga1200 tower with a mediator and RTG Card but is it worth it ?

Here is my current spec:

Amiga 1200 board
3.1 roms
030 accelerator with 4mb (max 8mb)
Keyboard adaptor
ide 4 way buffered interface with hdd + cd rom
pcmcia right angle adaptor +Pcmcia ethernet adaptor
running wb 3.1 (i have an original copy of 3.9 on cd also)

Would i see any benefits with my current setup ?
A1200T: M1230XA 50Mhz 68030 w/64mb,DVDRom, 80gb hdd, Realtek LAN Card, Mediator LT4 + Radeon 9250 128mb(used for fast ram), Spider USB Card, Voodoo 3 3000 OS 3.9 +bb 1-3
 

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Re: Upgrading to Mediator + RTG Card, but is it worth it?
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2012, 12:23:28 AM »
All i want to do is have a crispier resolution running in 16 bit, and be able to play classic games that will play and look better, games like gloom, breathless etc...and also gain some extra fast ram from my voodoo 3 pci card.
A1200T: M1230XA 50Mhz 68030 w/64mb,DVDRom, 80gb hdd, Realtek LAN Card, Mediator LT4 + Radeon 9250 128mb(used for fast ram), Spider USB Card, Voodoo 3 3000 OS 3.9 +bb 1-3
 

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Re: Upgrading to Mediator + RTG Card, but is it worth it?
« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2012, 01:24:23 AM »
so should i be looking at getting a better accelerator before i comtemplate getting the mediator?
A1200T: M1230XA 50Mhz 68030 w/64mb,DVDRom, 80gb hdd, Realtek LAN Card, Mediator LT4 + Radeon 9250 128mb(used for fast ram), Spider USB Card, Voodoo 3 3000 OS 3.9 +bb 1-3