I'm not sure if the link I've found after doing a search in google was the same link Phil was referring, but at any rate, I did find the patch and have just applied it. I'm going to defer to Phil to provide the link he mentioned as I wish not to send anyone to the wrong site.
Before I applied the patch I ran a little quicktime movie and had enlarged it to fit the screen. It ran with obvious frame to frame movement. After applying the patch I ran the movie again and it ran much better! So, for me at least, this patch does indeed provide enhanced video performance. I don't know how all this stuff works but I sure to appreciate these tips that come along. Anyone deciding to apply the patch, please read the "readme first!!!" file. This patch does not come without some warnings. Larry >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. -- -- 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
