Hey Chuck,
If it's any consolation, I would guess that support for screen rotation
on nVidia cards is in the works. After all, Apple write the nVidia
drivers themselves (nVidia provide only the hardware design), and the
current situation is a bit of a nightmare.
It's actually disappointing and very un-Apple like for them to release
an OS with an almost completely undocumented feature that only works on
one manufacturer's video cards. When features like screen rotation are
introduced, they are supposed to "just work." Clearly this feature is
causing a tremendous amount of confusion, and it really looks like they
should have kept it under wraps it until they could get it to work on
(at least) all currently shipping Macs, regardless of video card
manufacturer.
- Darcy
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On 22 May 2005, at 12:50 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
I had already looked at the system profiler and determined that I have
an nVidia card - too bad! (I know, it's hard to tell from some of my
posts what level of Mac savvy I have because there are a few things
about which I know a little, and others about which I know only enough
to get myself into trouble!) I am aware that the Radeon 9200 supports
Versavision, and I agree, it's not that expensive, if you need the
rotation feature.
Cheers to you too, Darcy
All the best,
Chuck
On May 21, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Chuck,
Looking into this further, it seems there's a fair bit of confusion
about the issue at the moment. So far as I can tell, the leading
theory is that screen rotation is only supported on ATI video cards,
not (yet) on nVidia cards -- which is possibly why Apple hasn't
promoted this new Tiger feature at all.
You can use Apple System Profiler to determine which model of video
card you have -- just launch ASP and click on the PCI/AGP Cards tab.
At any rate, the retail ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition supports screen
rotation through ATI's Versavision software even if the OS doesn't
support it, and it's not *that* expensive ($125 or so).
- Darcy
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On 22 May 2005, at 12:03 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
So say you, and others, but there's no place I can find (I am on
10.4) where I can access that.
What am I missing? I have been directed to Syatem prefs - displays
by others (John Bell, if I remember correctly) but there's nothing
there to indicate a possibility of rotation. Someone else suggested
that some older cards do not support this. Who is wrong? I'd be
delighted to get the rotation without spending more money.
Thanks,
Chuck
On May 21, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Chuck,
Screen rotation is supported at the OS level for 10.4. You should
be able to use screen rotation with your existing video card once
you upgrade to 10.4.
- Darcy
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On 21 May 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hmm, one MORE reason to upgrade (along with rotating screens!
Yummy!)
Beware, Chris. This feature depends on having a graphics card
which allows this, and my early G5 1.8 seems unable to access this
feature. I will only really need this the next time I work on an
orchestral score (my monitor has a 13" vertical dimension that's
already OK for most of my work), and I'll just buy the necessary
(and expensive) card then. Too bad. I am disappointed.
Chuck
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