PCI expansion

[Lando]

Karlos wrote:
Hi all,

A quick, bleary-eyed post...

Given that I have a BlizzPPC / BVision, would anybody out there recommend either the GREX or Mediator?

I'm interested in a bit of future expandibility. Do either of these solutions allow the BVision to stay connected, or would I have to sell it and get a PCI card?

What's the bus banwidth like on these things?

Cheers,

K

Just based on my personal experience but... Don't get a G-Rex - I bought one and it broke my motherboard - it got so hot that it started to melt.  My A1200 just had a black screen.  Luckily my BlizzardPPC was ok.

I've also owned the Mediator 1200 and 4000D.  I had a small problem with the Mediator1200 when I added a TV card but it worked well with a SoundBlaster, Voodoo3/5 and 100MBit ethernet.

The best of the bunch was the Mediator 4000D - a first-class piece of hardware and worked flawlessly with every card i had (I had in there a Voodoo3, Voodoo5, Scandoubler in the video slot, SB128 soundcard, RTL8139 ethernet, VLab y/c Zorro card, Hauppauge TV card).

So, I would recommend the Mediator for your A1200.
And you can get a SharkPPC when they come out and run OS4 on it.

[Lando]

Karlos wrote:
Thanks,

Just to quickly re-iterate, do either of these products allow me to use my BVision, ot do I need to sell it?

G-Rex definitely won't, since it connects to the same connector where your BVision is currently plugged in.  The mediator can co-exist physically, but it throttles the speed apparently (makes everything run really slow) so you're better off removing it.

[Lando]

Unfortunately its Voodoo or S3 Virge only.  Elbox said ages ago (over a year) that they were making a GeForce2 driver aswell but I don't know what became of it.

So... if you don't like Voodoos you may be better off just sticking with your BVision for now.