Bvision and voodoo?

[Karlos]

Pros and cons:

The BVision has superior image quality to the Voodoo (at least my BVision image quality is better than at least 3 different voodoo cards I have tried in both amiga and PC).

A typical Voodoo3000 card has considerably more memory.

The BVision is connected by a faster bus than the Voodoo (assuming a mediator1200 that is) - makes a difference for some video playback software.

The Voodoo has a much faster fill rate and more 3D features.

The BVision has an inbuilt monitor redirection for the early startup.

[Karlos]

Redbaron1 wrote:

Karlos wrote:

The BVision has an inbuilt monitor redirection for the early startup.

Hello,

Question about gfx card and A1200. Do you need 2 monitors for aga and bvision or both display can be use on the same monitor via the inbuilt monitor redirection feature you describe?

I think you have no choice but to use 2 monitors with voodoo/mediator combo isn't it?


rEdbaRON

The BVision resident thingymabob captures the graphics.library calls to get the early startup and boot menus displaying on the BVision. It even works if you boot into workbench *without* your bvision driver activated.

The reason it does this is to ensure you can actually get into your system if you've had a problem. It's a life saver if you don't have a PAL monitor and you can't get into workbench for some reason or your RTG is trashed.

AFAIK, the graphics.library interception patches are removed when the monitor driver for the BVision is activated, so you need an AGA compatible monitor still.

What it does not do (at any point) is to magically redirect AGA to the BVision. You still need a seperate monitor.