The Radeon 9800 is an AGP card. This would be a good option if Chuck
wanted to replace his main video card (instead of supplementing it
with a PCI card), especially if he can find one for such a low price.
I haven't checked eBay lately, but my recollection is that Mac-
compatible 9800's generally go for much more than that stateside.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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On 18 Sep 2006, at 7:06 AM, Simon Troup wrote:
On 9/14/06, Chuck Israels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm working on a large score and it is time to get a card that will
allow rotation of my 24" monitor into portrait mode.
Hi Chuck
I recently bought two 20 inch TFT rotatable monitors. They were
expensive enough so I bought a second hand Radeon 9800 Pro Mac Special
Edition G5 Card on eBay! It was about £80 which is what - $140?
It works brilliantly. The control panels are found in System Prefs >
Preference Panes > ATI and you just click whether you want 90 degrees
CW, 90 degrees CCW or 180 degrees for each monitor. It also works with
either VGA or DVI. Actually it has an ADC and a DVI connector but it
comes with a DVI to VGA connector, and Br Bott sell an ADC to VGA
connector if you need VGA.
Anyway, this probably isn't the cheapest option even secondhand, but
just to say that ATI versavision (rotation software) is brilliant and
rotation in general is a real eye opener. I'm generally using one
monitor in front of me in landscape and one to the left in portrait.
This means I can have a score open in two views - the detail in
landscape in front of me where I do actual work and zoom about - and a
complete page overview in portrait mode to the left which updates live
with the work I'm doing in the other monitor.
Can't say anything about longevity, but for quality I can vouch for
the LG2000C, rotatable, 1600x1200, DVI & VGA, 3 year on site swap out
warranty. I paid about £350 each, you can get far cheaper if you don't
need the HiRes. Anyone thinking of going for rotation would do well to
put them on a shortlist.
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Simon Troup
Digital Music Art
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