flawed jai wrote: > I posted this a few days ago and nobody answered, so I'm posting it > again in hopes some of you will have some kind of commentary to help me > out: > > I am becoming confused about how much is too much for my 6360. all these > are eBay offers right now for PCI video acceleration cards, and I guess > I don't understand as much as i thought i did, about what cards can go > in my 6360 and stay comfortably within its limits. for those who don't > know the specs of that machine, its stock is > 40 mhz bus, 160mz 603e chip, max 136MB RAM, onboard RAM 8MB, cache 256k, > but a processor upgradeable to 320 MHz G3 with L2 cache card and up to > 1MB L2 cache. has one PCI slot. > > so which of these are too little or too much card for me? and school > me > as to why? > let's say I wanted to be able to do gaming on this machine. can I, and > how high can i go? > > > ATI RADEON 7000 32MB PCI *MAC EDITION* > $109.00 > $112.00 > [this is the major one i am wondering about.]- > > 3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 PCI Video Card Mac 64mb > $89.00 > $89.00 > - > > Radeon Mac Edition 32mb PCI DDR Video card NR > $89.00 > - > ATI Rage 128 16MB PCI OEM Video Card for Mac > $58.99 > - > > 64MB PCI NVidia GeForce 2 MX400 Xtasy > $36.00 > - > > ATI Xclaim 3D Pro PCI Video Card w. Warranty > $25.00 > - > ** IMS Twin Turbo 128 M 8 PCI video card ** > $24.95 > $44.95 > - > - > ATI Graphics Card for PCI Mac > $15.50 > . . . . . . . . . . > Janet > >
Janet, As far as I know NVidia only makes AGP cards that work on a Mac. And I think the Radeon and Voodoo5 cards would be hobbled by the bus and processor on a 6360. I have a Voodoo5 in my 9600 and the original 350Mhz processor wasn't quite enough for it. The g4/450 upgrade made a big difference, but the 50MHz board and 33Mhz PCI bus remain bottlenecks. Those prices are normal for the Radeon but I think some online shops are selling them new at those prices. I wouldn't pay that much for a Voodoo5 since 3dfx is out of business so no more updates, even though it is a nice card. $58.99 is too much, IMHO, for any 16MB card. And I wouldn't pay more than $20 for the 8MB cards. I guess I'm cheap. -+-+-+- RPM -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
