Just in time for Xmas... a little present for yall =)
when I first joined the G-List I offered up a little goody to the group in the form of a voodoo flashing kit I had compiled of downloads Id collected of the years.... ( btw isnt advisable to flash a Voodoo4, had too many failed tries..besides a V5 is $30 more and twice the card... IMHO) Now Ive traded or sold away all my PCI machines and now have AGP ports to contend with... Good news is I finally got up enough coconuts to take a chance on wasting $80 on a used PC / 8500 Radeon card... it came today. I did all I was suppose to and let Santa do the rest...and whabam I now have a card that ATI Displays sees as a Radeon 8500, and as far as I cant tell works without a hitch... just did some slaying in UT and Ghost Recon to test it out, also ran photoshop (just in case) and everything is smooth as butter =) ASP reads it as an ATY,DDParent ATY,R200 model... 64mb * also this was done with my Sawtooth, so a PC is not needed....as usual =) I also have a Mac Edition 8500 coming in the mail in the near future so at that time I can run some tests and see how they compare... I do know that the PC version is a little bit faster because the MacEdition runs at 250 and the PC version I used flashed to 275 as per the firmware. * note... this voids all kinds of warranties and is probably against some laws of nature to convert such things from the dark-side, but Ive rescued one poor card from a life of servitude beneath a Windose OS, though I cant guarantee others will go as willingly. ...but I can tell you how I did it and provide the necessary firmware. ...if you need to upgrade to a 64mb AGP card then Merry Christmas, you just saved $100. Though I would also like to ADD that ATI has a fairly nice deal going... they just wouldnt combine the tradeup offer with the free shipping option =( Oh and I feel about as bad from not supporting a Mac-product manufacturer as ATI does about taking pretty much the exact same card, adding different firmware, and changing a few words on the box and justifying a $100 increase over the PC model. I havent watched a DVD or used the 2nd monitor yet either, but shows up as such in the monitor control panel. Ralph *I just ran thru a few minutes of Matrix/DVD and it looks great on my 20" @ 1024 rez. -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; 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 Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
