On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:02 PM, dc <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
After some research, it appears that the fastest ATI RAVE card would be the 9200.However, according to this: http://ati.amd.com/products/radeon9200/radeon9200me/index.html it looks like the card doesn't support the Digital Audio under OS 9, only OS X. Also, from what I can determine a GeForce 4600 is also a good bit faster than a 9200. If you want a faster card, it looks like you'll have to abandon your older games. A slower card that does support RAVE would be the 7500, but I found to be quite slow when I had it in a Quicksilver. Personally, I'm running a flashed PC card in my G5. It's a Radeon 9700 Pro, and it runs quite nicely under Leopard. The GeForce 5200 FX that was in my G5 originally was a real sluggard compared the 9700, and displays all the 10.5 eye candy without a hitch. It was also much cheaper than a "real" Mac card. Is it possible that the video problems you're having are related to CPU speed, and not video card horsepower? Do you have a CPU upgrade in your DA? Eric -- 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
