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matthey · 11 July 2010, 20:12

The ZII space being used is not much of an issue on a 3000. The PicassoII is old and not very fast but way better than ECS. It all comes down to price. I wouldn't pay over $100 U.S. for sure and would try to negotiate the price to more like $75 U.S. The best gfx board for the price on a 3000 is probably the CyberVision64. It's almost as fast as the Picasso4 and has passthrough for a 1 monitor solution. The CyberVision64/3D is also nice for the money but has no passthrough by default and it's a little slower at some things but does have slow hardware 3D support. These both work well in a 3000 in ZIII mode, are pretty reliable and can be found for around $150 U.S. The Spectrum is advertised as supporting ZIII also but it's still very slow and only has 2MB gfx memory. There were some reliability issues with earlier models too. It does have passthrough but I wouldn't recommend the board. If you don't have an ethernet card but want to get on the internet, then you might consider a Mediator PCI board expansion. The initial price is high but PCI boards are cheap. A Voodoo 3 card gives better 2D and 3D performance in most cases than any of the Amiga gfx cards.

11 July 2010, 20:12	#5
matthey Banned Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,284	The ZII space being used is not much of an issue on a 3000. The PicassoII is old and not very fast but way better than ECS. It all comes down to price. I wouldn't pay over $100 U.S. for sure and would try to negotiate the price to more like $75 U.S. The best gfx board for the price on a 3000 is probably the CyberVision64. It's almost as fast as the Picasso4 and has passthrough for a 1 monitor solution. The CyberVision64/3D is also nice for the money but has no passthrough by default and it's a little slower at some things but does have slow hardware 3D support. These both work well in a 3000 in ZIII mode, are pretty reliable and can be found for around $150 U.S. The Spectrum is advertised as supporting ZIII also but it's still very slow and only has 2MB gfx memory. There were some reliability issues with earlier models too. It does have passthrough but I wouldn't recommend the board. If you don't have an ethernet card but want to get on the internet, then you might consider a Mediator PCI board expansion. The initial price is high but PCI boards are cheap. A Voodoo 3 card gives better 2D and 3D performance in most cases than any of the Amiga gfx cards. Last edited by matthey; 12 July 2010 at 14:30.