On 10/27/02 at 3:47 PM -0800, Will Schou wrote: >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. > > > > 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. > >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.
This page has details on what I was talking about. It refers to the Lombard PowerBooks, but the XClaim 3D Plus also uses the same Rage Pro chip, and several reports are that the hack also enables the retail PCI card, which OS X apparently doesn't load the driver by default. Give it a try and see if it helps. -- _______________________ 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> --> 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
