Folks, If you're keen to pursue this hack, you might like to consider that the six-slot Mac Tsunami mother-boards - as used in the 9500, 9600 and some clones - have dual PCI controllers. In other words the PCI is split - top three slots to one controller, bottom three slots to the other. There's an Apple tech note describing how the split works. You'll have to look it up, though.
So - given that QX loads the PCI bus to the max, the wise hacker would take a six-slot Mac, dedicate one group of three to graphics with their Radeon card in there, and devote the other group to (say) multi-channel music cards or whatever. Split and balance the load, anyway. I'm sure you get the idea. I always knew there was a reason why I didn't trash that old 9500... rgds Gerald W Wilson "Phil A. Lefebvre" wrote: > > >> www.xlr8yourmac.com has hack info for using Quartz Extreme(or > >whatever it's > > >> called) with Mac Radeon and Radeon 7000 PCi cards! Will S > > On 8/28/02 at 8:54 AM +0100, Mark Benson wrote: > > >VERY happy about this hack. Tried it on my 9600 Kansas with the > >>original Mac Edition Radeon and it works like a charm. > >> > >>Don't know how to tell if it's really helping or not. Wonder what > >>would be a good test for it? The desktop picture transitions are > >>smooth, so I know it's working. > >> > > >I am curious if others have tried this and their experiences. > > > > > >-Charles > > > >Good stuff. Now we need to find a way to enable it on 16MB Rage 128 > >cards. IT might not work very well but it would at least prove a > >point and give me something to think about once the 10.2 WOW factor > >wears off :). > > Ars Technica is the original source of the hack, and people in the > forum thread say it is technically impossible for a Rage128 to > support QE, since it lacks the ability to render certain required > video elements. > > There are also some nice reports and benchmarks showing what kind of > improvement one might expect. Some window effects will speed up > tremendously, but overall performance increases will be more modest, > due to the architectural limitations of the PCI bus and the bandwidth > limitations of Old World machines. > -- > _______________________ > Phil Lefebvre > Chicago, IL > > -- > Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> > 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
