Hi all,
The ideal PCI video card for the G3 beige is -
IX Micro 3D Ultimate Rez 8 Meg, about US $40.
George
(not giving up on the beige just yet)
--- Andrew Kershaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, you can also get it at Other World Computing
> <http://eshop.macsales.com/> for about $15.
>
> If you have a Rev. A beige G3, Bugdom will never
> play well for you. That's
> because your ATI graphics processor is a cheap RAGE
> II+ (Mach 64) instead of
> the RAGE Pro in the Rev B+ G3s and Rev B+ iMacs.
> The RAGE II+ really bites
> it big time (I should know, I've got a Rev A G3).
> You can check which
> version G3 you have - In the Apple System Profiler
> in the PCI area check for
> a card in "Slot F1." This is your built-in video
> card. The Rev A should
> list the card under the name "ATY,mach64_3DU". If
> it's an "ATY,RagePro" or
> something like that, it's not Rev A.
>
> Peace,
> Drew
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Alexander MacLeod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (G-List)
> Subject: Re: VRAM for beige 233
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 10:19:32 -0700 (PDT)
>
> --- maria pascualy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > The game BUGDOM doesn't run as well on the 233 G3
> as
> > on my red iMAC. Can I add
> > VRAM to the 233 and will that make a difference?
> > Would I need to add anything
> > else to it?
>
>
> Without adding a PCI Video card, you can max out the
> onboard VRAM to 6mb (from the standard 2) by adding
> a
> 4mb VRAM chip available here:
>
>
<http://www.memorytogo.com/?u=79CAA66D7A598AF&cmd=prod&manu=memorytogo&media=desktop.memory&prod=CAP102-4MB-SGRAM>
>
> It is also available from other sources as well, but
> this was the easiest one for me to find :) HTH
>
> Alex MacLeod
>
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