Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
i have a sawtooth (2x agp slot). i am getting ready to buy an XFX GeForce 6200, for which there is a rom in the macelite library. before i buy it, are you aware of a better card that has a 2x/4x/8x connector that i should look for? the macelite buying guide talks about a 6800, but the PC version apparently has a 64kb chip and the available Mac ROM for that card is 128kb. i don't think i'm up to replacing a rom chip! thanks! ken baker On Feb 2, 9:15 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: How do you flash video cards for Mac? I have a beautiful Dual G5 and the original 64MB card isn't doing it justice. Any links to a good tutorial site or video? or even a list of instructions with your method? Thanks! The best possible video card for an AGP PowerMac AFAIK is the nVidia GeForce 7800 512MB with 5.70 BIOS, and then you'll have to flash it to Mac. They're expensive, around $100 I think? Here's a flash guide:http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-geforce-7800 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
My stock MDD dual 1.0GHz ATI 9000 Pro (64MB) handles 1920x1080 just fine on an Acer 23. No core image though... This is via DMI. Interestingly, it will not work properly on my 47 Vizio via DMI to HDMI cable, though analog 1920x1080 via VGA adapter works great. Curious. - Peter - Original Message - From: Alex Barnes kab...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2011 7:21:29 AM Subject: Re: Flashing Video Card for G5? Most GPUs can display 1920x1080. I have an ATI Rage 128 with 16 MB of memory that could display 1920x1080. On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Once I had a card that put out full 1080p resolution in my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver Single 800mhz. It was a great card but I cannot remember which one it was, I have about 30 cards around here for PC and Mac, so I would have to test them one by one in the PowerMac -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
Once I had a card that put out full 1080p resolution in my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver Single 800mhz. It was a great card but I cannot remember which one it was, I have about 30 cards around here for PC and Mac, so I would have to test them one by one in the PowerMac -Jeremiah From: Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 1:01:54 AM Subject: Re: Flashing Video Card for G5? On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: Oops... I meant the X1900 card. It only works with PCIe G5s though. I still suspect the PCIe X1900 will require flashing unless you get a Mac Edition card, and that card will be really expensive compared to a PC card. As for AGP cards, there are a lot of options available. The GeForce 7800 I posted earlier is the largest and fastest of the AGP cards that can be flashed for PPC Macs AFAIK, but there are many others with less VRAM that are slightly slower, and probably cheaper too. --You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
Most GPUs can display 1920x1080. I have an ATI Rage 128 with 16 MB of memory that could display 1920x1080. On Feb 3, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: Once I had a card that put out full 1080p resolution in my PowerMac G4 Quicksilver Single 800mhz. It was a great card but I cannot remember which one it was, I have about 30 cards around here for PC and Mac, so I would have to test them one by one in the PowerMac -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
On Feb 2, 8:15 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: How do you flash video cards for Mac? I have a beautiful Dual G5 and the original 64MB card isn't doing it justice. Any links to a good tutorial site or video? or even a list of instructions with your method? Thanks! The best possible video card for an AGP PowerMac AFAIK is the nVidia GeForce 7800 512MB with 5.70 BIOS, and then you'll have to flash it to Mac. They're expensive, around $100 I think? Here's a flash guide:http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-geforce-7800 What ever happend to the The Mac Elite Forums? There was a link there, either in the FAQ and Wiki or in the Strange Dogs archive, in one of the posts to a wonderful page listing all (?) of the various GPUs down through the years and their various characteristics and relative performance (or at least, bandwidth). I never bookmarked the page, because I was always able to get to it through that link in the forums. Sigh. I've googled up other pages of GPU lists, but they're neither as good nor as comprehensive. The one I found there doesn't seem to come up easily in a Google search. BTW, is the ATI X800 not as good as the nVidia 7800? Jeff Walther -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
On Feb 2, 2011, at 8:09 PM, Jeremiah Stevens wrote: How do you flash video cards for Mac? I have a beautiful Dual G5 and the original 64MB card isn't doing it justice. Any links to a good tutorial site or video? or even a list of instructions with your method? Thanks! The best possible video card for an AGP PowerMac AFAIK is the nVidia GeForce 7800 512MB with 5.70 BIOS, and then you'll have to flash it to Mac. They're expensive, around $100 I think? Here's a flash guide:http://themacelite.wikidot.com/nvidia-geforce-7800 -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
A good Mac card (no flashing needed) would be an ATI Radeon X1600 with 256 MB of RAM. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: A good Mac card (no flashing needed) would be an ATI Radeon X1600 with 256 MB of RAM. You sure about this? PPC Macs are very different that Intel Macs, and the X1600 was an Intel Mac card, not a PPC Mac card. I've never heard of any PC card that worked with a PC ROM in a PPC PowerMac, they all needed flashing to work in a PPC Mac AFAIK. In Googling around, I don't see any PPC PowerMacs using an X1600, it appears to be used only in Intel Macs. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
Oops... I ment the X1900 card. It only works with PCIe G5s though. On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:42 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:28 PM, Alex Barnes wrote: A good Mac card (no flashing needed) would be an ATI Radeon X1600 with 256 MB of RAM. You sure about this? PPC Macs are very different that Intel Macs, and the X1600 was an Intel Mac card, not a PPC Mac card. I've never heard of any PC card that worked with a PC ROM in a PPC PowerMac, they all needed flashing to work in a PPC Mac AFAIK. In Googling around, I don't see any PPC PowerMacs using an X1600, it appears to be used only in Intel Macs. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?
On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:15 AM, Alex Barnes wrote: Oops... I meant the X1900 card. It only works with PCIe G5s though. I still suspect the PCIe X1900 will require flashing unless you get a Mac Edition card, and that card will be really expensive compared to a PC card. As for AGP cards, there are a lot of options available. The GeForce 7800 I posted earlier is the largest and fastest of the AGP cards that can be flashed for PPC Macs AFAIK, but there are many others with less VRAM that are slightly slower, and probably cheaper too. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
