I'm interested in the Vodoo Card as well and just as mystified about how you
purge the Read only Memory on the card - or do instructions for how that is
to be done come with the Mac drivers from VersionTracker?
David Greenberg
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Behalf Of Robert H. Baucom
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 5:31 AM
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Subject: Re: VRAM or video card to speed web surfing
Flash the ROM ? Please elucidate. RHB
Justin wrote:
>
> get yourself a used voodoo3 2000 on ebay, and flash the rom which will
make
> it work on a mac. you might be able to find one already flashed, but they
> are gonna try to hype it up like its something special, and try to charge
> you more for it.. just get a PC voodoo3 (2000, or 3000) and flash the
rom..
> its really simple to do
>
> on 7/7/01 10:19 AM, Chuck Stinnett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Let's see if this chicken can be plucked a different way.
> >
> > I had posed the question of a processor upgrade to speed performance of
web
> > surfing on my new cable modem. I'm using a PowerTower 180e with 128 MB
RAM,
> > OS 9.1. I'm using the stock 604e (non-G3) processor
> >
> > I'm experiencing file download speeds of 50K to 70K/second, so the 3Com
> > HomeConnect cable modem seems to be delivering the goods. But I still
> > experience some hesitation with OE 5 in drawing pages. I wonder whether
the
> > machine just can't keep up with the data.
> >
> > Some have suggested a new graphics/video card or VRAM upgrade. Any
thoughts?
> >
> > And any suggestions on an affordable but effective PCI non-G3 video
card?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Chuck
> >
>
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