In the absence of my ATTO ExpressPCI card actually wanting to talk to OS X, I decided to play with my new Radeon 7000 card instead.
I grabbed PCIExtreme! and installed the PCI support and rebooted. Success. Q.E. Checker 1.2 reported 'Display 1 is accelerated'. I noticed the difference first when I minimized a window I was working in. WOOWW <jaw hits floor> it was so smooth compared to the Rage 128. I was gleeful, and spent the next 5 minutes minimizing and un-minimizing stuff, oopning finder windows and other aimless stuff to see how well it all worked. I'm totally impressed with it. I tried DVD Player with my customary benchmark (the Lobby Scene from The Matrix) and it seemed fine apart from 3 minor video skips. Apparently this is an issue with having QuartzExtreme enabled. I also dig the fading wallpaper changing. I have a set of 10 wallpapers made from stills from The Matrix and they fade into each other superbly :). Now to test the games performance.... -- Mark Benson AIM - SilValleyPirate Visit FlatPackMacs online: <http://fpm.gotdns.com> "...you have a social security number, you pay your taxes, and you help your landlady carry out her garbage." -The Matrix -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:g-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:g-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:g-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
