At 09:39 PM 12/29/2002 -0800, you wrote: ><snip> >i keep seeing reviews for putting the ATI rage 128 in this machine. that >seems to be the only clear constant I can discern. and yet i saw a 32 MB >radeon card on eBay, and i mailed the seller and asked if it was too >much card to put in my 6360 and he said it wouldbe a great card for it. >and he has 25 macs in his house. so i figured he must know what the's >saying.
Depends on if he has any of that variety, and how eager he is to sell his card. I probably have close to 25 Macs in my house, yet nothing better than a 6500 so I wouldn't really be qualified to talk about performance and such in a 7600 or 9600. >but i am still unclear on how much card--ie, how much RAM on it, any >other features on it, is way too much for this machine. i do want 3d >rendering, gaming quality visuals if possible. this is my 'highest' mac >in my collection so far. IMHO, a 6360 would not be ideal for 3-D gaming, especially anything reasonably current. Even with my 16mb Voodoo3 in my 275mhz 6500 (architecturally similar/identical to a 6360), Unreal Tournament is only just barely playable on the smaller levels. I really don't think a faster vid card with more memory would make that much difference. Naturally a G3 upgrade would help things, but the best bang/buck for gaming can be had in the likes of a 7/8/9 5/600-class machine, or even a Beige or B&W G3 these days. With the money spent on a G3 Upgrade and the like for the 6360, you could probably have pretty close to a G3 7600. This is all IMHO of course. Scott Holder -- 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
