Video card upgrade?

2011-11-06 Thread JohnCarmonne
I have a G5 Dual 2.7 6GB that I recently swapped out the ATI Radeon 9650 with a Radeon 9800 Pro complete with a large copper colored fan sporting blue lights that can be seen through the cheese grater holes in the case:-) My question is what increased video experience should I expect? I'm not a

Re: Video card upgrade?

2011-11-06 Thread Ashgrove
John, In the technical sense, this could be an answer: http://www.barefeats.com/rad9650.html. In real life, you might not see a huge difference. But it actually makes some kind of difference. A couple years ago I had a 450Mhz dual Mystic, 2 gigs of RAM, running Leopard with an ATI Radeon 9000

Re: Video card upgrade?

2011-11-06 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 7-11-2011 1:20, JohnCarmonne ha scritto: I have a G5 Dual 2.7 6GB that I recently swapped out the ATI Radeon 9650 with a Radeon 9800 Pro complete with a large copper colored fan sporting blue lights that can be seen through the cheese grater holes in the case:-) My question is what

G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Engle
I currently am using the below stock video card OEM. I'd like to have a card that would support a 30 display (not a flashed card please) What card (Apple please) would be a nice upgrade for my early 2005 G5 power Mac? Jeff ATI Radeon 9600: 2x DVI ports Chipset Model:ATY,RV351

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 19, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I'd like to have a card that would support a 30 display http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1167171 As expensive as an Apple 30 display is, combined with the cost of a new video card, you might consider upgrading the entire

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Tina K.
Jeffrey Engle wrote: I currently am using the below stock video card OEM. I'd like to have a card that would support a 30 display (not a flashed card please) What card (Apple please) would be a nice upgrade for my early 2005 G5 power Mac? Jeff My June 2004 2.0 DP is nearly identical except

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Jeffrey Engle
On Jul 19, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: On Jul 19, 2010, at 11:03 AM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: I'd like to have a card that would support a 30 display http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1167171 As expensive as an Apple 30 display is, combined with the cost of a new

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Tina K.
Sorry, I thought you had a 2.0 GHz DP. The correct expansion slots for your 2.3 GHz DP are two 100 MHz 64 bit PCI-X, one 133 MHz 64 bit PCI-X, and one 8x AGP Pro. Tina -- iMac 20 USB 2, PPC 7455 @ 1.25 GHz, 2 GB PC 2700 RAM, GeForce FX 5200 Ultra 64 MB DDR VRAM PowerBook 15 DL-SD, PPC 7447B

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Kris Tilford
On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:21 PM, Jeffrey Engle wrote: just looking to support a bigger display than the 24 I currently use. In that case, get the biggest HDTV you can find. It should work with your current video card. I'm always looking for a higher resolution screen. Some of the newer 19

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Mac User #330250
-- Original message -- Subject: G5 Video card upgrade Date:Montag 19 Juli 2010N From:Jeffrey Engle macgu...@gmail.com To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com What card (Apple please) would be a nice upgrade for my early 2005 G5 power Mac? Jeff There is a ATI Radeon X800

Re: G5 Video card upgrade

2010-07-19 Thread Tina K.
Mac User #330250 wrote: There is a ATI Radeon X800 Mac Edition, but it costs quite a large amount of $$$ on eBay, so I'd reconsider twice. Also, I'm not sure about the screen resolution it supports for your proposed Apple display. Your post caused me to look around and I too found the ATI

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
Thanks, Pete. I actually wound up going with an ATI 9600XT. I feel pretty confident that I can tape over pins 3 and 11. Can you, or any one else for that matter, tell me what Quartz Extreme and Core Image is? I am still learning about the deepr things of Mac land. Thanks, Dennis pdimage

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
Core image is the very center of the graphics on Mac OS X. If the video card doesn't support it, well then, I guess you can kiss fast graphics goodbye. As for quartz extreme, i don't know too much about it, but I know for a fact that any video card that doesn't support it will make the graphics

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Eric Herbert
From what I understand, it goes like this: Quartz Extreme was Apple's first layer of hardware video acceleration. It requires a minimum of a GeForce 2 or a Radeon graphics card on an AGP bus to function. Quartz Extreme was designed to speed up finder graphics and 2D animation by offloading

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-07-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
Eric Herbert wrote: From what I understand, it goes like this: If you can manage it, upgrading to a Core Image capable card makes a major difference in how your Mac behaves. For further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartz_Extreme http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_Image Well,

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-06-29 Thread pdimage
On 28/6/10 20:09, Dennis Myhand dmyh...@suddenlink.net wrote: Hi All: I am looking to upgrade the video in my DA dual 533. I found the following card on eBay: MAC nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 AGP Video Card 128MB VRAM Here is the link:

Re: Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-06-29 Thread Mark Sokolovsky
It is actually an okay-ish card. if you want something that doesn't go slow, this is a good choice. Don't rely way too heavily on this, because it's only 128MB of video RAM. On a scale from 1 to 10, it is a 4. I am going to get my Nvidia GeForce 6200 GT card with 256MB of VRAM flashed to my

Video Card Upgrade Info Please

2010-06-28 Thread Dennis Myhand
Hi All: I am looking to upgrade the video in my DA dual 533. I found the following card on eBay: MAC nVidia GeForce4 Ti 4600 AGP Video Card 128MB VRAM Here is the link:

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-13 Thread walky08
I usppose he can use a crossover cable to connect both computers and move things form one to the other. I just did that between my XP and iMac On Nov 12, 6:14 am, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me

Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Patrick Lee
Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to 2GB, which is the max. 1. What's the memory stick that I can use? 512MBper

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to 2GB, which is the max.

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Mel
--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: From: Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:14 AM On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to 2GB, which is the max.

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Clark Martin
Kasey Smith wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to 2GB,

Re: Newbie! Memory and Video card upgrade for G4 dual 867Mhz PowerPc

2009-11-12 Thread Clark Martin
Bruce Johnson wrote: On Nov 12, 2009, at 5:42 AM, Patrick Lee wrote: Hi! I'm TOTALLY new to Mac, so pardon me if I sound clueless! I have a G4 dual 867Mhz with nVidia 32MB AGP display, running Mac OS 10.3.9. I'd like to upgrade to OS 10.5. Therefore, I'm thinking of upgrading the RAM to

Re: G4 Graphite Video Card Upgrade

2009-05-16 Thread Paul
Before spending any money, make sure you know where the bottleneck really is. And give more information on what you mean by very slow at displaying screens. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group

G4 Graphite Video Card Upgrade

2009-05-09 Thread DKline
My system now has a stock Rage128 Pro Graphics card which is very slow at displaying screens. What upgrade cards are available AGP and would it significantly accelerate displaying and downloading things on the internet. It's VRAM is only 16mb so I'm assuming it's creating a bootleneck to the

Re: G4 Graphite Video Card Upgrade

2009-05-09 Thread James E. Therrault
DKline wrote: My system now has a stock Rage128 Pro Graphics card which is very slow at displaying screens. What upgrade cards are available AGP and would it significantly accelerate displaying and downloading things on the internet. It's VRAM is only 16mb so I'm assuming it's creating a

Re: G4 Graphite Video Card Upgrade

2009-05-09 Thread Len Gerstel
On May 9, 2009, at 9:29 AM, DKline wrote: My system now has a stock Rage128 Pro Graphics card which is very slow at displaying screens. What upgrade cards are available AGP and would it significantly accelerate displaying Yes, a faster card would help some. There are many ATI