Should I get a Mediator instead of BVision?

[neofree]

Hey I got  a BlizzardPPC w/ BVision.  I need wireless ethernet.. It seems I can get a 90 degree PCMCIA adaptor since this is in a power tower, then get a PCMCIA *standard* ethernet adaptor and then get a wireless->wired bridge.  all in all this may be $100 or more...

so, should I do that above or should I just sell my BVision for enough to get a mediator, voodoo and cheap pci wireless ethernet adaptor?

thanks,

neofree

[Panthro]

I would go with the option that places a VooDoo3 in your hands  :-)
it's more powerful and the other options (ethernet etc. ) make it all worth while!! 8-)

unless you are just going to get an A1 later any way

[neofree]

I was reading the mediator site and it speaks of g3/g4 PCI accelerators.. how much are these? do they exist?

[neofree]

also whats best place to get mediator in USA?  and will it work with bvisionppc 040 REV 0

[MskoDestny]

I don't think there are any drivers available for any of the PCI Wireless Ethernet cards, only for the PCMCIA cards based on the right Prism chipset.  So if you get a Mediator you're still stuck buying one of those wired to wireless bridges.

Not being particularly familiar with either the Permedia 2 (BVision) or Voodoo3 chipsets I can't speak to the actual 3d power of the two, but the BVision will definately give you better bandwidth from the processor/RAM to Video RAM than the Mediator + Voodoo will since with the Mediator all the data has to flow over the relatively slow Zorro bus first.

I wouldn't count on the G3/G4 cards.  They may indeed show up when OS 4 is complete, but at the moment they would appear to be nothing but vapor.  If they do come out, that would solve the bandwidth problem with the Voodoo card, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

[neofree]

well i wonder what's cheaper then.. how much is my bvision worth i wonder...   how big of issue is the bandwidth going to be?  i'm not a heavy gamer.  i might play decent 1 and 2 and free space...and many old games that dont even use newer hardware

[adolescent]

Since you already have the BVision, just get a wireless PCMCIA card and be done with it.  For example the Netgear MA401 is about $20 on eBay (you'll still need to get the right angle adapter, but it's still less than $100 complete).

[neofree]

yeah but will it work through the case?  it's a two level house.  the amiga is upstairs and the wireless router is downstairs.  the amiga is maybe one room length away from being directly above the wireless router.

[neofree]

Well after getting over the crazy price I ordered the angle PCMCIA adaptor from At Revanche LLC as it was cheapest for me... Now to find the Netgear..

[MskoDestny]

If you're worried about reception, you could always get a wireless card with one of the little adapters for an external antenna.  That way if the reception is poor you can always get an external antenna later.

[neofree]

yup appears this netgear has a mod available for that..not against modding cheap stuff, just not expensive

but.. cant find it anywhere but ebay and i want to order it now, so i'm looking at other cards

if anyone has other recommendations let me know

[neofree]

Just picked up a poorly listed Netgear MA401 on ebay with buy it now.