Re: Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
helo? Anyone? -carlos On May 17, 12:17 pm, deadwinter thecar...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am now the (happy?) owner of a GeForce 5200. It's on its way. Now, should I be able to flash this guy with just a G3 or ion my MDD using Graphiccelerator? I ask because I found the following somewhere: To be able to use the nVidia flasher on the Mac OS X, a Geforce card must already have a Mac ROM file in it. If a card already has a Mac ROM in it, you can flash a different Mac ROM file or a PC ROM file into it on the Mac. However, if you are flashing a PC Geforce 2 MX card and you have an AGP 2X (Sawtooth or Gigabit) Mac or the Cube, a card does not have to have a Mac ROM file in it before you can flash it on the Mac Needless to say this causes me some concern. -carlos On May 14, 7:05 pm, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: On May 12, 10:17 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: The best possible PCI card for a PCI Mac is the nVidia GeForce FX6200 that are the only PCI cards that can enable Core Graphics. Again, you'll only be able to enable Quartz Extreme up to OS 10.4.11 because PCI Extreme doesn't work in Leopard 10.5. The GeFore 6200 (and, I'm pretty sure the 5200/5500) has Quartz Extreme supported without using PCIExtreme, it shows Core Image and Quartz Extreme enabled in both Tiger and Leopard. -- 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.shtmlandour 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 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: Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
On May 25, 2010, at 6:05 AM, deadwinter wrote: helo? Anyone? -carlos Thought this thread was done. What's the question? -- 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 PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
Well, I am now the (happy?) owner of a GeForce 5200. It's on its way. Now, should I be able to flash this guy with just a G3 or ion my MDD using Graphiccelerator? I ask because I found the following somewhere: To be able to use the nVidia flasher on the Mac OS X, a Geforce card must already have a Mac ROM file in it. If a card already has a Mac ROM in it, you can flash a different Mac ROM file or a PC ROM file into it on the Mac. However, if you are flashing a PC Geforce 2 MX card and you have an AGP 2X (Sawtooth or Gigabit) Mac or the Cube, a card does not have to have a Mac ROM file in it before you can flash it on the Mac Needless to say this causes me some concern. -carlos On May 14, 7:05 pm, dc dbc...@verizon.net wrote: On May 12, 10:17 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: The best possible PCI card for a PCI Mac is the nVidia GeForce FX6200 that are the only PCI cards that can enable Core Graphics. Again, you'll only be able to enable Quartz Extreme up to OS 10.4.11 because PCI Extreme doesn't work in Leopard 10.5. The GeFore 6200 (and, I'm pretty sure the 5200/5500) has Quartz Extreme supported without using PCIExtreme, it shows Core Image and Quartz Extreme enabled in both Tiger and Leopard. -- 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: Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
On May 12, 10:17 pm, Kris Tilford ktilfo...@cox.net wrote: The best possible PCI card for a PCI Mac is the nVidia GeForce FX6200 that are the only PCI cards that can enable Core Graphics. Again, you'll only be able to enable Quartz Extreme up to OS 10.4.11 because PCI Extreme doesn't work in Leopard 10.5. The GeFore 6200 (and, I'm pretty sure the 5200/5500) has Quartz Extreme supported without using PCIExtreme, it shows Core Image and Quartz Extreme enabled in both Tiger and Leopard. -- 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 PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
On May 12, 9:32 pm, deadwinter thecar...@gmail.com wrote: Does anyone know if you can flash ATI cards if you ONLY have, say, a G4 or G3 desktop with PCI slots, and no access to a PC? Try looking here: http://thomas.perrier.name/graphiccelerator.html -- 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
Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
This may be a dumb question but can one flash an AGP card if you do NOT have a PC? Cause I'd love to upgrade this QS and $$$ is an issue. -- 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
Flashing PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
Here's another stupid question. This is unclear to me. I think the answer is yes but I'd like to confirm. Does anyone know if you can flash ATI cards if you ONLY have, say, a G4 or G3 desktop with PCI slots, and no access to a PC? -carlos -- 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 PCI cards if you do NOT have a PC
On May 12, 2010, at 8:32 PM, deadwinter wrote: Here's another stupid question. This is unclear to me. I think the answer is yes but I'd like to confirm. Does anyone know if you can flash ATI cards if you ONLY have, say, a G4 or G3 desktop with PCI slots, and no access to a PC? Yes, it is possible to flash PCI cards in a PCI Mac without using a PC. The best possible PCI card for a PCI Mac is the nVidia GeForce FX5200 or FX6200 that are the only PCI cards that can enable Core Graphics. Another nice card is the 64MB Visiontek Xtasy Radeon 9100 that's flashed with a modified Mac Radeon 8500 ROM to become a Mac Radeon 8500 PCI (a model never made or sold) which is faster then the real Mac Radeon 9200 by quite a bit. Again, you'll only be able to enable Quartz Extreme up to OS 10.4.11 because PCI Extreme doesn't work in Leopard 10.5. -- 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
