WTB: PC 3D video card in ISA slot, possible???

[amiman99]

Anyone know if there is a 3D video card in ISA slot format?
Just purchased another SBC Pentium 266Mhz card for use in my A2000. My previous SBC in A2000 was a 486 50Mhz, but I felt that it was too slow, even running Doom was a little faster then on my A4000.
I'm waiting for ISA edge connector so I can convert 2 PC 8bit ISA slots in A2000 to the 16bits, giving me total of 4.

[Lurch]

Not too sure, plenty of old cards on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=isa+video+card&_sop=15

As for working with an Amiga, wouldn't know :-(

[Lurch]

You may need one of these for it to work

http://penguincentral.com/GG2/

Nevermind I see you have a PC card :-)

[Lando]

There was never a 3D card released in ISA format.  The first 3D card I remember was the S3 Virge but that was PCI, even back in '95.  There may have been one or two VLB versions of PCI cards made but never ISA.

[amiman99]

Not too sure, plenty of old cards on ebay.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=isa+video+card&_sop=15

As for working with an Amiga, wouldn't know :-(

I'm looking for a 3D video card for use with my Single Board Computer.
I'm also planning to buy PCMCIA PC/104 card, so I can use a CDROM or CF card and a 3D card if possible.

[danbeaver]

There was never a 3D card released in ISA format.  The first 3D card I remember was the S3 Virge but that was PCI, even back in '95.  There may have been one or two VLB versions of PCI cards made but never ISA.

I would agree, there were 2 MB VGA cards out there in 16-bit ISA, but 3D cards went PCI then VLB (few), then AGP.

[Lurch]

I remember back in the day there was software options but they were very slow. I ended up getting an ISA to PCI bridge card.

[amiman99]

Well, it was worth a shot. I have a Descent 3 CD game for PC, and one of the requirements was a 3D acceleration.

[danbeaver]

I think your best shot is not using your Amiga as a passive backplane and get one with PCI slots for a PCI enabled SBC; or live with 2D games.

[amiman99]

I think your best shot is not using your Amiga as a passive backplane and get one with PCI slots for a PCI enabled SBC; or live with 2D games.

Or, I could use my Quad Core 2Ghz PC...:lol:
But, I want to do things the hard way, hence the ideas.

[Lurch]

Or, I could use my Quad Core 2Ghz PC...:lol:
But, I want to do things the hard way, hence the ideas.

Exactly what my partner said, she goes to me why are you spending time with the 1200/500 when you could use your i7 laptop ;-)

[B00tDisk]

Creative made a VLB "3d blaster" that was pretty poorly received.

If you can scare one up, a Number Nine GXE might suit.

[spirantho]

I'm not sure there's a lot of point in putting a 3d card on a 16-bit 8MHz bus.....

[psxphill]

I'm not sure there's a lot of point in putting a 3d card on a 16-bit 8MHz bus.....

It's going to be faster than putting a 2d card on a 16 bit 8mhz bus.
 
If the card has enough vram for the textures then you'll only be sending it a drawlist.

[spirantho]

Don't forget how primitive the early 3D cards were though - none of this hardware T+L and stuff. Plus they didn't have much memory so you'd still need to texture upload a lot (2MB for the S3 ViRGE, and that included the frame buffer!).