I had the same experience. The 16mb Rage Pro video card in my DA was crap. I don't think the 32mb nVidia card they were using at that time would have been much better so I went and got a flashed Radeon 9700 128mb card and it there isn't anything that card can't do. Sure, there's better cards out there but the Radeon 9500/9600/9700/9800 cards with at least 64mb VRAM should be enough for almost everybody and there are plenty of them out there and I recommend them as the minimum for G4/G5 Powermacs.
On Jan 29, 9:23 am, "Michael B. in Cincinnati" <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't compare the two, but I upgraded my DP 533 DA from the original > ATI Rage 16 MB > to a flashed GeForce 6200, and it actually made the machine usable. > Browsing felt three > times as fast, and I could finally run Klondike Forever and watch > programs on Hulu.com. > Mine was delivered with the requisite pins taped over. > - Michael B. in Cincinnati > > On Jan 29, 8:28 am, Klaus Marx <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:08 PM, GLT wrote: > > > > Klaus, > > > >> I guess the 6200 would be a bit faster, as long it has a 128bit memory > > >> bus. > > > > Is it possible to tell how wide the memory bus is? > > > I think the easiest way is to search on google for the specs of the card or > > to determine it by the amount of ram chips. > > > >> It would, but you need to tape two pins > > >> (http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-1) > > > > I was aware of a similar requirement to make the geForce 6200 work in > > > my G4, but not aware a mod was also needed Radeon 9600 Pro. Thanks! > > > > However, the link you provided took me to a basically empty page. > > > here's the right link:http://themacelite.wikidot.com/pins-3-and-11 > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Galen > > > > -- > > > 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmlandour > > > netiquette guide is athttp://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
