> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (flawed jai) > 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? Janet,
Your machine has 1MB of VRAM internal according to <http://lowendmac.com/ppc/6360.shtml> which can display thousands of colors at 800x600 resolution, or 256 colors at 1024x768 resolution. What size monitor do you use, at what settings? Can it handle higher resolutions and color depths than what is stated above? This is what you need to consider before you dump tons of money into video acceleration. My 17 inch runs at millions of colors at 1024x768, 85Hz on an 8MB iXmicro video card. My second monitor is a 13 inch running at millions of colors at 640x480, 67 Hz on 4MB internal VRAM. Joe -- 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
