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On Sunday, October 27, 2002, at 08:36 PM, Phil A. Lefebvre wrote: > 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 > -- 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
