Just out of curiosity, is there a consensus regarding the preferred upgrade graphics card for the original iMac as well as say, a G4 500. It never occurred to me that an upgrade was possible. When I say "preferred", I guess I mean the optimal balance of cost versus performance. Real world experiences are welcome.
John --- Daniel Kendell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >in iTunes when turning on the > Visual Effects the > >> graphics are all ugly and crude looking and > nothing like the smooth > >> picture that I get on my new iMac. Secondly, in > Finder, whenever he > >> changes from one user to another the screen just > blinks and quickly > >> switches to the second user, i.e. there is no > 'rotating cube' effect. > >> Does anyone know why this is? < > But the stock ATI Rage 128 Graphics card in the > G3/400 is not Quartz > Extreme compatible, and neither are the graphics > cards in the original > iMacs, Clamshell iBooks, and a few other models, so > you don't get the > cool effects... > > In the case of my G3/400 I can allways just upgrade > the Graphics card > to the Radion 7000 PCI for Mac, and that is QT > compatable. But in your > case, there is no option but to put up with it i'm > afraid. > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Search - Find what you�re looking for faster http://search.yahoo.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
