Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Do I need a special video/DVD card if I only want to access data and mus= ic on a DVD?
With just a DVD drive you can effectively read data on a DVD-ROM, but not = watch DVD movies, except if you have the correct hardware. Software DVD = doesn't works, the G3/300 is not enought. I bought a Wired4DVD three years= = ago with a SCSI DVD Drive and it works well to watch DVD. The quality of = image is MUCH BETTER than with the Apple software on my PowerBook = Titanium G4/550 . For the kindly people who replied about their configuration and experiences with DVDs on a SM (and any others this is true for) It sounds like you have two video cards. Do you have dual monitors or do you switch between video cards? I thought of this as my ixmicro did 2D a bit better than my Rage Orion but that does 3D better and I need it for Virtual Game Station so I just use it but I planned to have both but it is not easy to get to the back of my SM and reconnect. Is there an easier way to select between 2 (or more) video cards or if I got the latest ATI or particularly the 4DVD card will it work well enough to be an "everything" card? And for the DVD experienced, what model IDE/ATPI DVD will work as a bootable disk under 9.1 on a SM? I have a Yamaha CDRW SCSI internal but it is not bootable so I kept the original IDE. It would be nice to have a faster bootable IDE CD that is also a DVD. I am surprised that someone put a 32 MB ATI card in a SM, I thought my 16 MB Rage Orien was more than enough for a SM. Can you tell any performance difference with the new ATI cards over the ixmicros, Rage Oriens or any 16 MB card? -- StarMax is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> StarMax list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/starmax.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:starmax@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:starmax-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:starmax-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/starmax%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
