Let the buyer beware. The ATI Radeon 7000 can't drive two Apple analog displays simultaneously, despite ATI advertising CRT + CRT as one of the 7000's display configurations.
Why? The included DVI-to-VGA adapter doesn't support DDC monitor sense. Apple VGA Studio Displays happen to _require_ this missing monitor sense. Mine certainly do. Without it the 7000 reports to MacOS that a VGA Studio Display is connected to the DVI port, and MacOS allocates desktop space to the Studio Display, but the display never receives a VGA signal it can use. Nothing appears on the second Studio Display screen except the reflection of a frustrated face. For example, my Radeon 7000 was unable to drive two VGA LCD Studio Displays simultaneously using explicitly supported OpenGL 1.2.4 and QT5.0.2 on explicitly supported CPU hardware and OS. [Actually I tested from within to well-outside ATI-supported configurations, using MacOS 8.6, 9.1 and 9.2.2 on platforms of 20th Anniversary Mac G3-500 and Beige G3 266 and 300 MHz. Any Studio Display connected to the DVI port invariably remained black, while the OS invariably allocated a 1024x768 desktop to that display.] Despite due diligence before the purchase, I discovered the 7000's incompatibility with multiple DVI-to-VGA issues only on the CDROM readme. I was unable to find this issue last week on the support website. Perhaps ATI had just discovered the issue, and the CDROMs went to press before the ATI web site was updated. Feh. ATI should have had a clear winner in the Radeon 7000 feature set, but they failed in execution. Caveat Emptor. Too bad NVIDIA doesn't make PCI cards for Macintosh. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
