After The Best GFX Card For My Amiga One XE

[amiga1084]

Hello All,

I would like to upgrade my very old Radeon card in my Amiga One XE which has only 64 Meg of ram. I would like a GFX card with at least 128 Meg of ram and if possible 256 Meg of ram card. Can anyone recommend me a GFX card I can get?

I would like to hear your comments on this subject.

Thanks in advance,
Merv Stent

[Karlos]

Well, "best" depends on what you want to do with it. I picked up a passively cooled, 128-bit wide Radeon9250 with 256MB, DVI and RGB outputs on ebay for about 10 quid and it works a treat. However, the 9250 card isn't necessarily as fast as some of the 85xx cards for 3D, due to differences in the configuration of the graphics core:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_ATI_Graphics_Processing_Units#Radeon_R200_.288xxx.2C_9xxx.29_series

One other thing to note. Last time I checked, the full 256MB of the card was not accessible as it's split into 2 128MB regions. In OS4.0, the full 256MB was mapped, but the system could become unstable if the second region was used. As a workaround, in OS4.1, the second region is not used. That being the case, I wouldn't worry too much about 256MB versus 128MB because the former won't make a difference yet, though in future it may.

[lionstorm]

the best one based on the current 3D driver state is the radeon 9000 pro with 128Mo which I have in my A1G4 (before I had radeon 7500 with 64Mo, purchased with my amigaone).

[Dragster]

the best one based on the current 3D driver state is the radeon 9000 pro with 128Mo which I have in my A1G4 (before I had radeon 7500 with 64Mo, purchased with my amigaone).

Agree on that.
 
I just replaced my Radeon 9250 with a Radeon 9000 Pro and it sure makes a differenece! It's noticeable faster than the 9250. I'm talking about a Pegasos II tho... the same should apply for your AmigaOne.
 
Cheers,
 
Dragster

[Matt_H]

Are you guys using PCI or AGP cards? I've tried 2 different AGP 92xx cards and both have failed (can't even get to UBoot).

[Karlos]

Are you guys using PCI or AGP cards? I've tried 2 different AGP 92xx cards and both have failed (can't even get to UBoot).

AGP in my case.

http://extropia.co.uk/img/RadeonA1.jpg

And yes, that CPU fan needs the dust clearing...

[lionstorm]

Are you guys using PCI or AGP cards? I've tried 2 different AGP 92xx cards and both have failed (can't even get to UBoot).

AGP here too for both radeon 9000 pro and 7500.

I have a pci 9250 that is working as well but this one is the low cost version (64-bits, much slower than the 128-bits of the 7500 or the 9000 pro !).