Hi Darcy,
I had already looked at the system profiler and determined that I
have an nVidia card - too bad! (I know, it's hard to tell from some
of my posts what level of Mac savvy I have because there are a few
things about which I know a little, and others about which I know
only enough to get myself into trouble!) I am aware that the Radeon
9200 supports Versavision, and I agree, it's not that expensive, if
you need the rotation feature.
Cheers to you too, Darcy
All the best,
Chuck
On May 21, 2005, at 9:45 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi Chuck,
Looking into this further, it seems there's a fair bit of confusion
about the issue at the moment. So far as I can tell, the leading
theory is that screen rotation is only supported on ATI video
cards, not (yet) on nVidia cards -- which is possibly why Apple
hasn't promoted this new Tiger feature at all.
You can use Apple System Profiler to determine which model of video
card you have -- just launch ASP and click on the PCI/AGP Cards tab.
At any rate, the retail ATI Radeon 9200 Mac Edition supports screen
rotation through ATI's Versavision software even if the OS doesn't
support it, and it's not *that* expensive ($125 or so).
- Darcy
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On 22 May 2005, at 12:03 AM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Darcy,
So say you, and others, but there's no place I can find (I am on
10.4) where I can access that.
What am I missing? I have been directed to Syatem prefs -
displays by others (John Bell, if I remember correctly) but
there's nothing there to indicate a possibility of rotation.
Someone else suggested that some older cards do not support this.
Who is wrong? I'd be delighted to get the rotation without
spending more money.
Thanks,
Chuck
On May 21, 2005, at 8:14 PM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
Chuck,
Screen rotation is supported at the OS level for 10.4. You
should be able to use screen rotation with your existing video
card once you upgrade to 10.4.
- Darcy
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On 21 May 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hmm, one MORE reason to upgrade (along with rotating screens!
Yummy!)
Beware, Chris. This feature depends on having a graphics card
which allows this, and my early G5 1.8 seems unable to access
this feature. I will only really need this the next time I work
on an orchestral score (my monitor has a 13" vertical dimension
that's already OK for most of my work), and I'll just buy the
necessary (and expensive) card then. Too bad. I am disappointed.
Chuck
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