On Feb 21, 3:59 pm, "Michael G.M." <[email protected]> wrote: > I've done a little cleaning and GPU swapping in my dear old DA. > > The first card I was using was the ATi retail AGP card that I liked, > but it's way slow for Leo, but is great for Panther and OS 9. Now I've > switched back to my Geforce4 ti 4600 that is way more snappy for Leo, > but doesn't play some of my iTunes movies as well as some of the > others. The Movies that don't play as well are Movies that have a > Higher total bit rate* and larger video Dimension, example: 851x480 > doesn't play as well as a movie that's 640x272. > > So, my question is can I find a vid card that *is Mac OS 9 compatible > with full graphics acceleration *and can play my iTunes movies that > require better GPU speed without going to the 9800 Pro and losing full > GPU acceleration in OS 9? Maybe the 9000 ATi?
If you don't mind dealing with a converted PC card the GeForce 6200/256 MB or GeForce 7800GS/512 MB will run in the Digital Audio and perform well with Leopard. The only drawback to these cards is a 2 minute boot delay while the temperature sensor warms up and kicks in (there are some custom ROMs available that disable the temp sensor). I don't think the Radeon 9000 is much of an improvement over the ti4600. I don't use OS 9 anymore so I don't know how these cards would perform with your older system; I did start up in OS 9 with the GeForce 6200 once so I know it will at least boot. -- 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
