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Video Card Upgrade
Name: Robert Date: August 17, 2002 at 06:54:39 Pacific
Comment:
I have a beige G3 that I have already upgraded the proccessor to a G3 533mhz. I would like to upgrade the video card so my kids can play a few games. The machine is running 10.1.5 . Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks
Name: James Date: August 17, 2002 at 14:30:21 Pacific
Reply:
I've seen the ATI Radeon™ 7000 MAC card for around $130. It's a 32MB card with pretty decent 2D/3D accelleration. For the money, you can't do much better. It has DVD support, including S- Video out, DVI and VGA connectors.
Heck, I wouldn't mind one to upgrade my second video card in my G4.
You could probably find a lessor card on eBay, for less money. But, I think this card is a good choice.
James
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Response Number 2
Name: fieraci Date: August 17, 2002 at 18:44:23 Pacific
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So, you have TRIED the games on your G3 and found the current video to be unacceptable? What's your basis for wanting a new card?
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Response Number 3
Name: James Date: August 17, 2002 at 18:49:58 Pacific
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Or, perhaps he's walked into a Computer store recently and looked at some of the requirements for new games.
The video card will certainly help with rendering in OS X as well.
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Response Number 4
Name: robert Date: August 17, 2002 at 21:22:15 Pacific
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thanks for the recomendations, i was wondering what is the difference between the "mac" ati radeon 7000 and the pc/pci radeon 7000, other than the price.
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Response Number 5
Name: James Date: August 18, 2002 at 08:33:10 Pacific
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Probably the only difference is the firmware on the card.
If you're wondering about using a PC Video card in your Mac... I don't know any way of flashing the PC ATI cards for use in a Mac, and this probably goes against the license agreement for use of the card.
There are other sites on the Net that explore this realm, if one was interested.
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