Re: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
On Feb 14, 7:11 pm, faithie999 faithie...@hotmail.com wrote: i'm running an XFX GeForce 6200 (flashed) video card in my Sawtooth. i'm wondering if a galaxy GeForce 6800 would be an appreciable improvement. I think the Nvidia model would be a much better choice. From some comments from themacelite: •Galaxy Geforce 6800 This card has shown up recently on Ebay from Hong Kong and has a smaller than normal 6800 PCB. It is not as fast as the large PCB 6800's. The card is disabled by hardware and a very curious PC ROM. The Temperature Sensor, TV Out and DL do NOT work. It is not overclockable. There are still some odd issues in certain computer setup's with video card/ROM, so be warned. -- 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: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
thanks for the advice. i'll pursue it and report back when it's installed. On Feb 14, 9:10 pm, Daniel Stewart daniel.stewart...@gmail.com wrote: It would most definitely be an improvement unless the 6800 is PCI. lol. The new card would probably have better and/or more pipelines, pixel shaders...etc and the GPU clock speed will be faster. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM, faithie999 faithie...@hotmail.com wrote: i'm running an XFX GeForce 6200 (flashed) video card in my Sawtooth. i'm wondering if a galaxy GeForce 6800 would be an appreciable improvement. thanks ken baker -- 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://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: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
Guess it will only give some improvement if you game a lot, and even so the sawtooth cpu is already the bottleneck on the 6200. keep in mind that 6800 need good Power Supplys.. -- 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: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
I agree that you may need to check you power supply to make sure it can handle it, but gaming is not the only instance where hadware graphic acceleration is helpful. Anything graphics/video intensive will almost certainly benefit. I am not sure how that argument of the CPU being a bottleneck is relevant though unless I am completely misunderstanding their meaning. The whole reason a video card was invented in the first place was to take as much of the graphics related work off the CPU and system memory. So the best video card you can get away with should actually benefit a system with a modest CPU because the video card is handling most of the graphics workload. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:08 AM, skinnie andre.fa...@ua.pt wrote: Guess it will only give some improvement if you game a lot, and even so the sawtooth cpu is already the bottleneck on the 6200. keep in mind that 6800 need good Power Supplys.. -- 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: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
if the video card draws too much power from the power supply, what will the symptoms be? if that turns out to be the case, i suppose i can rig an external 5v/ 12v power supply with a molex connector to supply the card ken On Feb 15, 11:31 am, Daniel Stewart daniel.stewart...@gmail.com wrote: I agree that you may need to check you power supply to make sure it can handle it, but gaming is not the only instance where hadware graphic acceleration is helpful. Anything graphics/video intensive will almost certainly benefit. I am not sure how that argument of the CPU being a bottleneck is relevant though unless I am completely misunderstanding their meaning. The whole reason a video card was invented in the first place was to take as much of the graphics related work off the CPU and system memory. So the best video card you can get away with should actually benefit a system with a modest CPU because the video card is handling most of the graphics workload. On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 6:08 AM, skinnie andre.fa...@ua.pt wrote: Guess it will only give some improvement if you game a lot, and even so the sawtooth cpu is already the bottleneck on the 6200. keep in mind that 6800 need good Power Supplys.. -- 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 athttp://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtmland our netiquette guide is athttp://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 athttp://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
GeForce 6800 vs 6200
i'm running an XFX GeForce 6200 (flashed) video card in my Sawtooth. i'm wondering if a galaxy GeForce 6800 would be an appreciable improvement. thanks ken baker -- 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: GeForce 6800 vs 6200
It would most definitely be an improvement unless the 6800 is PCI. lol. The new card would probably have better and/or more pipelines, pixel shaders...etc and the GPU clock speed will be faster. On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:11 PM, faithie999 faithie...@hotmail.com wrote: i'm running an XFX GeForce 6200 (flashed) video card in my Sawtooth. i'm wondering if a galaxy GeForce 6800 would be an appreciable improvement. thanks ken baker -- 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
