On Aug 12, 2010, at 10:25 PM, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Aug 12, 2010, at 10:10 PM, James Therrault wrote:
I bought a 22" Samsung display plugged it in out of the box with
my G4 Gigabit/ATI RAgePro with 16MB. Never have had a problem.
I think you've got a problem and you just don't know it. The
problem is that you don't get any Quartz Extreme or Core Graphics
acceleration, so if you're using Tiger 10.4+, your graphics are
literally crawling slow compared to what is possible. If you're
stuck in MacOS 9.x you're probably OK since you'll have a matched
set of antiquated OS & video card.
If this were my Gigabit I'd be looking for at least a Radeon card
that supports Quartz Extreme, and perhaps something that supports
Core Graphics also, such as an nVidia GeForce FX5200 or 6200. A
flashed PC card would be cheap, and could do wonders for any
Gigabit running Tiger 10.4+.
I'm not sure what graphics you might be referring to, (I'm not a
gamer), but I can play DVD's full screen etc without any problems.
Regarding upgrading this machine which has been my faithful companion
since January of 2001, nope... Lookin' for a late Intel Mac Mini
with Superdrive, maxed out memory and a 7,200 rpm drive which
hopefully will carry me for another five years...
JT
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