On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:53:04 +0100, Neil Hughes wrote: >On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:17:40 +0100, Mark Benson wrote: > >>Is there some sort of rumour going around about a new video card for >>PCI machines form ATi or are you just sitting on it for a while? There >>hasn't been an new Mac Edn. PCI card for over 2 years (that being the >>Radeon 7000 PCI) so I suspect we are out of luck. There are Radeon 9000 >>cards for PCI PCs floating around though. Even if ATi do release a new >>PCI Mac GFX card it will be very expensive, the advantages of faster >>GPU and more VRAM, which helps Quartz Extreme rendering, will come at a >>high price. > >I believe ATi were demoing a 9200 PCI card earlier in the year at one of >the Mac Expos/shows without committing themselves to definitely putting >it into production. These have been out for a while on the PC side, >covering the bottom end of the market, but they're bound to be more >expensive if they make the transition to the Mac. > >Hopefully somebody will quickly correct me if I'm mistaken.
Found the link... <http://maccentral.macworld.com/news/2004/01/07/ati/> ...the bit I remembered is at the bottom of the article. Neil -- 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
