>The first boot into OS X, after a successful install, must be made on a >supported video card. Only after that first boot should you try and replace >the supported card with a different card. >Look for a cheap TwinTurbo Mac card (originally in the S900), even the 4mb >one is fine. Apple also supplied the same card with their own ROM's on it in >many older Macs too. I won't pretend to know all of the cards that are >supported, but I think they are few. I hope Will S. will chime in on that >issue. > Well I'll try and help with making a list from memory.... Twin Turbo cards are one of the best for easy install of OSX. They came in a number of configurations from 2mb upgradeable to not upgradeable and 4mb and 8mb Also both Apple firmware chips to non apple firmware chips. We are lucky as both firmware do work however the Apple card will work in any PCI slot and the non apple may need to be in the #1 or 2 PCI slot. Also the non Apple card may result in black screen for an extended time when booting and an off color as the sync on green can't be turned off.
Ultima Rez some people say it works no problem others have had problems with installing using it. Likely needs PCI slot 1 or 2. OWC has for around $44.00 www.macsales.com ATI any older Rage Pro card is great 4 and 8 mb cards( 4mb cards can be upgraded to 8mb) Works in any slot no problems that I know of. Radeon PCI card a few reports of them working for install but mostly not.Works fine after install and first boot is done with another video card. Radeon 7000 forget for now unless and until Apple or ATI comes up with a fix. Major screw up by ATI IMHO ATI 128 cards in many forms A few reports of working but mostly work after install and first boot done with another card. Voodoo 3, 4.5 and 5 cards Well these do work after first installing and booting with another card. Also PC Voodoo cards can be firmware flashed to work with Macs. There are websites with the info. Formac cards unknown by me at this time. Great cards but they announced soon after OSX came out no support and quite selling Mac Video cards. They later said they were thinking of drivers if enough people would pay for them... Village Tronic A card that likely few on here have heard of.Smalldog our list sponsor sells them for $99.00 well when i checked them out a year or so ago when they first showed up the report was no OSX support (didn't work) the Villagetronic.com website now says supports OSX 10.1x!!! This is a german company and these cards support two monitors at the same time and OSX!! They are 8mb cards which is a bit old fashioned for a new card but plenty for most people with an older machine. As noted many of the cards that won't let you do an install of OSX will work once you've gotten past that part.Also OSX 10.1x perhaps works with more cards... Many of the above cards are available used on EBay or sometimes dealers have some laying around or have taken in trade. Well that about covers what i know about video cards for OSX. Will S -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
