Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-10 Thread faithie999
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-05 Thread schaffpa
- 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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-03 Thread Jeremiah Stevens
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-03 Thread Alex Barnes
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-03 Thread t...@io.com
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

Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Jeremiah Stevens
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! -Jeremiah -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group,

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Alex Barnes
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Kris Tilford
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Alex Barnes
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

Re: Flashing Video Card for G5?

2011-02-02 Thread Kris Tilford
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