Chip RAM

[Piru]

@orange

1.I remember that Wb1.3 had fastmemfirst, there must be similar programs for Wb3.9

I don't. Anyway, any fast memory in modern system has priority over chip mem.

2. I'm not sure, it should be correct but only for games that can use voodoo and there ain't many of them

When you use graphics card such as Voodoo, more chip memory is left available for games.

You need a second monitor for RGB output though, or a tvcard to feedback the gfx to voodoo...

[Piru]

@MarkAshley

I was planning to use a TV card in the Mediator to view 15KHz screenmodes in a window on the Voodoo. Any idea how well this works?

It works pretty well. Even HW hitting games work, as long as you initialize the tvout before lauching the game (this might be a bit tricky to get working right, WHDLoad might work pretty well here).

There has been lots of discussion about this, for example this thread.

PS. I've only seen it in action, I haven't actually built such system myself.