On Mar 22, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Justin The Cynical wrote: > The M wrote: >> I'll look into that. I googled NVidia FX5200 and I saw a really cheap >> 256MB card but it was PCI. Do pci graphics cards work with the MDD's? >> You can't compare Apples and oranges. And Microsoft is the orange here. > > Hmm? I'm not aware of NVidia/Apple ever making a PCI FX5200 card, the only > ones I've seen are AGP. > > I think you misunderstood. My suggestion, and the one from Samuel, are Mac > native cards, no flashing needed. In the case of the NVidia card, it's > removing some of the edge connectors that are not strictly needed and taping > some pins. With the Radeon that Samuel suggested, it's just taping pins > (don't believe that physically modding the card is needed, unless you want > the ADC connector to power a display).
you are correct, no physical mods unless you want ADC, just two wee pieces of scotch tape will make it work. I didn't want to modify the ADC plug that's why I downgraded to a Radeon 9000 when I got the ADC flat panel. (and that G4 is sitting in my basement being used as a juke box and a remote file server, don't need a good video card for that) -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
