On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 09:30 AM, Phil A. Lefebvre wrote: > On 10/27/02 at 11:36 AM -0500, Larry Coltharp wrote: >> The video card I have in this machine is the ATI Exclaim 3D plus. It >> has 8 megs ram. >> >> Someone mentioned in an earlier post that 10.2 speed improved with >> the addition of a new video card. >> >> Would I get much improvement if I added, say, the ATI Raedon 7000 Mac >> Edition? > > You would definitely see an improvement, but it would be hard to > quantitate. The higher the resolution you work with and the more > windows you keep open, the more a faster larger video card will help. > > First, have you used the hack that enables some 2D acceleration on > those Rage Pro cards? It may make enough of a difference that you may > not feel a need to upgrade. The hack is generally used with 1998-9 > PowerBooks, but supposedly works with retail Rage Pro-based cards > also. I don't know a source, but if someone else doesn't chime in, > then Google is your friend. > -- > _______________________ > Phil Lefebvre > Chicago, IL
First off it's not a hack to be looking for to improve 2D acceleration on the ATI video cards. It is official ATI firmware/software upgrades. One was issued in July I think it was. OS 9.x is much faster with this firmware upgrade not any noticeable difference in OSX. A new upgrade was just posted in OCT. It is said to also make a difference in OSX. I've not yet tried it waiting for the kinks to be worked out. Info can be found on www.xlr8yourmac.com. I upgraded from the ATI Rage Pro 8mb card to the ATI RAge Pro 128 orion 16mb card. I don't see much difference in speeds etc but I can now run Apples DVD player which you can't with the 8mb card. It depends on what you use your machine for. I would say if it's just general use and not a lot of video stuff your doing...you will be surprised at how well the old cards compare to the new ones. In short if I hadn't wanted the Apple DVD player to work I would have been fine with the old 8mb card. Some others have said the same of the ATI 7000 but you may feel differently. Will S -- 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> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:UnsupportedOSX-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive <http://www.mail-archive.com/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
