Interesting you should mention that. I did see someone selling flashed PC Radeon cards on eBay. The ending bid was around $75. A bit cheaper than a ATI Radeon 7000. I'd actually HAVE one if I hadn't spent close to $70 on hard drives media hardware.
BTW. Has anyone here been able to run dual G4 upgrade cards successfully for the S900? That's what I"m planning to do. I know it won't be as fast as an out-of-the-box G4, but it should be able to hold its own. --- Will S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Steve Baguley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:28:35 +0100 > > > > I'm the proud owner of an s900 with 320MB RAM, a > 450MHz G4 Sonnet > > crescendo > > and a Voodoo 3 2000 video card. > > > > I want to upgrade the video card. > > > > What's the best video card I can get to work with > my s900? > > > > Many thanks > > > > > > Steve > > > > It is true the best card currently being sold new > for the Mac is the > ATI Radeon Mac 7000. Most people don't seem to know > about the > VillageTronic Video card. It's a nice card but sells > for nearly the > same price as the ATI and is either 8 or 16 MB where > as the ATI card is > 32 MB. Also the ATI card is needed to use Apple DVD > player in OSX or OS > 9.x . > You asked what is the "Best" video card for the > Mac/ s900. I'd have to > say the Sapphire PC Radeon PCI 64MB Video card > flashed to Mac ROM. > First off Sapphire is a German company and they are > the OEM for the > built by ATI 7000 Mac cards and and perhaps all the > built by ATI cards. > Which means they make the so called built by ATI > cards. Once the card > is flashed it is the same as the ATI card but with > twice the Video RAM! > Now the bad news since apox Dec of last year all > ATI PC cards are > being sold with 64k Flash ROM chips. Plenty big > enough for the PC ROM > but the Mac ROM is 128k. The fix is to de-soldier > the FLash ROM chip > and replace with the correct 128k chip. These chips > are cheap but not > every one can soldier. The pins are small and many > and you don't want > to over heat and kill the card etc. Given the number > of people who were > not able to follow info and flash the cards. I'd say > most people should > not think they could soldier on a new chip. > The good news is they are being sold already > flashed on ebay. Also > list member Jeff W has been known to sell some of > these on ebay. Price > is less then the ATI Mac 7000 version. Which sells > for apox $119.00 or > maybe a bit less if you are a sharp shopper. I could > contact Jeff and > see if he has any if there is interest .Let me know > off list. 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/> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > >The Think Different Store > http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > ===== "Tomboys don't wear pink.." -jal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25� http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/print_splash -- 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
