Additional fast ram with Mediator + Voodoo3?

[jdog320]

Is it possible to have additional fast ram that's not 32-bit chip ram alongside mediator + voodoo3 without using Accelerators? Because I keep getting a corrupted screen with z3 expansions.

Ok so now, I'm trying to run some ppc demos and noticed that the engine and glSokoban demo refuses to work. Also some of the "small" demos cause a hard lock up

Here's some config info:
a4000 with CSPPC
Amiga OS 3.9 with BB1-4
Picasso96 2.1e
Warp3D 2.1e from elbox's website, as the one from cd causes HALT3
MM CD 2.6 with latest pci library and vendors.txt
XSurf 100 (Might replace with rtl8029)
FM801

No other post install configs were done. Gears ppc runs, but slowly
Gears 68k runs fine.

glSokoban Complains about no driver being present and guru meditates the system, while engine demo presents no screen mode.

RTG works fine, albeit only with 4:3 and 5:4 modes.

Full PCI DMA is ticked in settings.

[Toni Wilen]

Sorry but I can't help much. Voodoo 3 emulation is from PCem and it is not probably perfect yet.

I don't personally care about Voodoo 3's 3D features, main reason was it is the "only" card that is supported by almost all Amiga operating systems and has more than tiny 4M of VRAM. I don't even have real HW with Voodoo 3 (or even PCI bridge) but I know that Amiga 3D drivers can crash easily if it is not configured exactly right and everything has correct versions which means it can be emulation bug only if same HDF is confirmed working on real HW with exact same config.

[jdog320]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Sorry but I can't help much. Voodoo 3 emulation is from PCem and it is not probably perfect yet.

I don't personally care about Voodoo 3's 3D features, main reason was it is the "only" card that is supported by almost all Amiga operating systems and has more than tiny 4M of VRAM. I don't even have real HW with Voodoo 3 (or even PCI bridge) but I know that Amiga 3D drivers can crash easily if it is not configured exactly right and everything has correct versions which means it can be emulation bug only if same HDF is confirmed working on real HW with exact same config.

I'd like to ask, does winUAE acknowledge the frequencies set by p96mode, or does it just ignore it?

[jdog320]

Ok so I got Voodoo3 50% working in a1200, rtg works fine with mediator, but opening any 3D program doesnt work. No 3D Models appear even if I try to follow the tutorial here

Here's WarpTest



Gears-68k flickers, while windowed slows down the workbench



Graphics glitch out each time it is exited.

[jdog320]

I got voodoo emulation working via a4000 and grex. Sadly there's some corruption, but it only seems to happen in workbench fortunately.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by jdog320

I'd like to ask, does winUAE acknowledge the frequencies set by p96mode, or does it just ignore it?

Currently RTG refresh rate is ignored. At least hardware emulated RTG boards' refresh rate probably should not be ignored.

[jdog320]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Currently RTG refresh rate is ignored. At least hardware emulated RTG boards' refresh rate probably should not be ignored.

What about the horizontal frequencies? It's kinda tedious to set each one up, but I'm concerned if it will affect the functions of the voodoo3 in emulation.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by jdog320

What about the horizontal frequencies? It's kinda tedious to set each one up, but I'm concerned if it will affect the functions of the voodoo3 in emulation.

I don't think there is any point in emulation to care about horizontal frequencies with RTG boards. Vertical at least make some sense to support (refresh rate timing).

If you use Picasso96, you can use P96Prefs from Aminet. It is million times simpler than Picasso96Mode that is most unintuitive program ever

[jdog320]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

I don't think there is any point in emulation to care about horizontal frequencies with RTG boards. Vertical at least make some sense to support (refresh rate timing).

If you use Picasso96, you can use P96Prefs from Aminet. It is million times simpler than Picasso96Mode that is most unintuitive program ever

Oh, I'll look into that next time. Thanks.