GG486 and isa video card

Jakodemus · 03 August 2008, 14:31

What would be the best video card for GG486? Yes I know this has nothing to do with Amiga and possible speed increase is close to zero. Current card is Ati 28800.

Zetr0 · 03 August 2008, 14:39

@Jakodemus

hmmm you know i think that the ATI 28800 is the best is the you can get, for ISA its upgradeable to 4MB isn't it?

You could sell on the GG486 and get a modern ISA SBC in there

that would be more advantagious! however you would have to network (SCSI/LAN) them together and invest in a KVM, unless you have one already.

SBC (Single Board Computers) can go really cheap on ebay... I picked up an ROCKEY 772REV which is an AMD468 PICMG card.. (size of a big old full size ISA card)

It has an XP2400 CPU, 1GB ECC Ram, AC97 with Sound Blaster EMU, 2 IDE, 1 CF, 32MB of 3D accelerated GFX , dual LAN, 4xUSB for £15 is pretty good...

but the more you spend the better they get

Zetr0 · 03 August 2008, 15:05

Heres a Cool one, a P4 2Ghz with lots of features Include Both ISA and PCI bus mastering.
(click to see BIN auction)

(if you have a pci bus non function in your amiga, you can use this to activate it for the PC) you will need an PCI cable extender though

Jakodemus · 03 August 2008, 15:06

@Zetr0

Yes, SBC would be faster, but I like to use old hardware. My Ati 28800 only has four KM44C256BJ-8 chips soldered onboard and no empty sockets. So, I guess that memory upgrade isn't possible.

03 August 2008, 14:31	#1
Jakodemus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 62	GG486 and isa video card What would be the best video card for GG486? Yes I know this has nothing to do with Amiga and possible speed increase is close to zero. Current card is Ati 28800.

03 August 2008, 14:39	#2
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@Jakodemus hmmm you know i think that the ATI 28800 is the best is the you can get, for ISA its upgradeable to 4MB isn't it? You could sell on the GG486 and get a modern ISA SBC in there that would be more advantagious! however you would have to network (SCSI/LAN) them together and invest in a KVM, unless you have one already. SBC (Single Board Computers) can go really cheap on ebay... I picked up an ROCKEY 772REV which is an AMD468 PICMG card.. (size of a big old full size ISA card) It has an XP2400 CPU, 1GB ECC Ram, AC97 with Sound Blaster EMU, 2 IDE, 1 CF, 32MB of 3D accelerated GFX , dual LAN, 4xUSB for £15 is pretty good... but the more you spend the better they get Last edited by Zetr0; 03 August 2008 at 14:46.

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03 August 2008, 15:05	#3
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Heres a Cool one, a P4 2Ghz with lots of features Include Both ISA and PCI bus mastering. (click to see BIN auction) (if you have a pci bus non function in your amiga, you can use this to activate it for the PC) you will need an PCI cable extender though

03 August 2008, 15:06	#4
Jakodemus Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 62	@Zetr0 Yes, SBC would be faster, but I like to use old hardware. My Ati 28800 only has four KM44C256BJ-8 chips soldered onboard and no empty sockets. So, I guess that memory upgrade isn't possible.

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