Wow, this answer is awesomely comprehensive. Thanks, Kris (and Michael and Kasey)!
--Tony On Dec 23, 7:38 pm, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Dec 23, 2009, at 7:20 PM, tonycd wrote: > > > Can I run the Radeon 9000 in the AGP slot and my 7000 in a PCI slot at > > the same time? > > Yes. You can use them both together. > > There's a chance that the 7000 PCI will kill the Quartz Extreme > acceleration of the 9000 also. You can check if QE is working by using > Quartz Extreme Check 1.2: > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8969/quartz-extreme-check> > > You can enable QE on the PCI 7000 card (and this will should re-enable > the 9000 if it stopped) using PCI Extreme 3.1 available at > MacUpdate.com: > <http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8979/pci-extreme%21> > > One last thought, firmware. People seem to never remember to keep > their firmware current on their Radeon cards. You can check the > firmware revision in System Profiler. The 7000 should be v.226 and the > 9000 should be v.135 or v.136 depending upon the VRAM size. The August > 2005 ATI ROM firmware Update is here: > <http://applemacanix.com/drivers.htm> -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
