on 8/31/02 3:58 AM, Bolton Peck at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > [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 ( pls note i suspect this is the outdated hardware in 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 >
lol, hot!!! i could fry an egg on it, it comes with a metal heatsink, no fan, im in the electronics business ( manufacture) and i can see this aint a good way to go, but i don't want to break the heatsink off incase i bugger it up. I have the latest ati software as of checking last week. the XLR8 is configured by dipswitches ad linkers, i just took it up to 52MHZ buss speed but then the ATI started to smell. i'm currently trying to get my firewire working. its a macally board with a ti chipset, it just will not mount the attached diskdrive on my s900, but if i put it( firewire board) in a g3 it works fine. macally basically told me to get stuffed when i asked for support. the interesting thing though is that with apples firewire SDK i can read the roms on attached devices , but they just don't show up. if someone could help me with this, then i can sit down with the ati and see "how far can we go" steve -- 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
