[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a radeon 7000 in my s900.
> i find some issues. ( pls note i suspect this is the outdated hardware in
> the s900 not the card)
>
> 1. it can be a pig to get it installed and setup without a video card
> already in another slot.
> 2. if the monitor is off on boot up of the mac , then the screen remains
> blank, ( you have to have the screen on when you boot)
>
> 2. A i had to put spaces at the front of some of its extensions to make it
> boot to the correct resolution faster.
>
> 3. on wolfenstin, and alice, the screen flashes with a triangle re-draw,
> centred about the middle of the screen, ( some sort of timing issue), but i
> have this with an G4 upgrade from xer8te, 450mhz. & >500mb real ram.
> ( i have just upgraded to a patched version of 9.2.2, and not re-tested it
> yet)
>
> 4. it just won't work in some slots
> 5. i don't find it any faster than my twin turbo, sure i can graph it, but
> were talking about real world.
>
> i suspect that this is all down to 50mhz bus speed in the s900.
>
> when you say full screen, what res is that?
<big snip>
I would say to check the ATI website to make sure the card has the latest ROM
revision. I read about earlier problems with the ATI ROMS and the card doing
what you say it does, so it might be a good free fix for you.
Finally, just curious what framerates you get in your games with this setup? And
have you tried using the software with the XLR8 card to clock up/down the bus,
that could conceivably make a difference. And check if the 3D chip on the gfx
card is getting hot, I've seen cards do stuff like that when the chip gets too
warm. Does the 7000 have a fan on it?
I am getting some pretty negative feedback on current ATI cards from PC and Mac
users, starting to wonder if maybe ATI isn't the quality mfgr. that they once
were..
Bolton
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