On Apr 16, 7:04 am, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Apr 15, 8:44 am, dc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You can check video card compatibility for your beast here:
>
> >http://themacelite.wikidot.com/compatibility
>
> They have extensive information on flashing a PC video card for Mac
> use, which expands your options while making it very inexpensive.
Doesn't this require the use of a (compatible) pc running windoze
(purist disgust) ?
2 issues on video cards in my experience:
1) flashed cards may not work as well if they are OEM rather than
retail.
2) for Linux fans : Nvidia has better linux drivers, ATI is not
opensourced so they must be reverse engineered.
Also the higher agp speeds make a big difference, the agp4x get much
better performance than the 2x models of g4 (I found out after moving
my card from a sawtooth to a DA). Although the supports of Quartz and
CoreGraphics may or may not also matter (my card supports the first
and not the second), and now there is CoreVideo too. Maybe someone
else has experience with these. I also wonder how much more graphics
RAM might help.
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