Mediator and ATI Radeon 9250 128mb pci?

[carvedeye]

Hi all just wanting to know if this card will work with a mediator or not as i have got the chance of purchasing it from a friend?

[HammerD]

Hi all just wanting to know if this card will work with a mediator or not as i have got the chance of purchasing it from a friend?

Yes it should if you have one of the newer 3.3v capable mediators (SX/TX?)  Not sure, maybe only TX.  

Or a true 5V card, if you have a Mediator 4000(T) (which you can purchase at Elbox's store) and also the latest Radeon.card from Elbox, - I believe version 2.6 works universally with supported Radeon chipsets.

[pVC]

From Elbox's page:

All above cards are supported in the Mediator PCI 1200 TX and SX models powered from an ATX power supply. In other Mediator models only 5V versions of the Radeon 9200/9250 PCI gfx cards are supported.

[wawrzon]

here is an (unfortunatelly ) german thread about the possibility to mod 5v radeon to work in a regular mediator, like 4000di. obviously it isnt impossible to achieve. have myself no experience with it though.

http://www.a1k.org/forum/showthread.php?t=13027&highlight=mod+radeon&page=2

[carvedeye]

so if i get just a 3.3v card will this work in an ordinary mediator like the LT or TX? If yes then where can i purchase one?

[Bamiga2002]

so if i get just a 3.3v card will this work in an ordinary mediator like the LT or TX? If yes then where can i purchase one?

Yes it should work. Ebay surely has them for sale. My card wouldn't work but as I submitted the card bios-file to Elbox (Ratte?) they updated drivers and then it worked.

Just don't expect warp3d to work 'cause it doesn't. I wish they backported the OS 4.x version so we could use warp3d with radeon cards also.

[carvedeye]

Yes it should work. Ebay surely has them for sale. My card wouldn't work but as I submitted the card bios-file to Elbox (Ratte?) they updated drivers and then it worked.

Just don't expect warp3d to work 'cause it doesn't. I wish they backported the OS 4.x version so we could use warp3d with radeon cards also.

Thats brilliant, warp3d is not really an issue as i wont being needing it i only want a radeon so i can use the vram as fast ram and to have i nice workbench screen. I also plan on putting a pci network card in there also so i can transfer files to and from the pc etc.. as my acellerator is not pcmcia friendly.

[ChaosLord]

Anybody know where I can get a Radeon 256Mb gfx card where all memory is in 1 bank?

Some/many Radeon 256MB PCI gfx cards have the RAM split into 2 separate banks.  P96 can't deal with 2 separate banks of memory.  So you only get 1 bank (128MB) for your gfx card.  The other bank can only be used as slowram main memory.

I would like to purchase a 256MB PCI Radeon with all memory in 1 bank so I can use it all for gfx operations.

Also I have one of the original 1990s Mediators.  Is that going to ruin everything for me?  Do I hafta buy a new mediator?

[carvedeye]

Would a Radeon 7000 64mb pci also work?

[Bamiga2002]

Would a Radeon 7000 64mb pci also work?

Seems not to work, check here for compatible cards.

[carvedeye]

Oh well 9200 series it is then