>This is interesting since ATI discourages the use of QE on the Radeon 7000 pci >card, at least on beige or older machines. They say the bus is too slow >and it >will choke on some stuff...video maybe. > >Is anyone who uses QE on a beige also playing DVDs or using iMovie or >Final Cut?
I am running the PCI Extreme hack to enable QE on a maxxed out beige at home. System info: Beige MT G4 533, 768Meg, Radeon 7000, OS 10.2.8. As far as day to day work, the QE hack for the Radeon is a significant improvement over not having it installed. As to the video, I don't use final cut or iMovie, but when playing DVDs (of course with a hacked DVD player) the movies are not quite as smooth as when I was running 9.2 on the same system, dropping occaisional frames. I am not an expert, but I am guessing 1 every few seconds. This amount of dropped frames does not bother me, but it may be critical for you if you are looking for that one frame in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" I did not use OS X with the Radeon for too long before I installed the hack, but iirc, it played DVDs slightly better before I installed the hack. The best thing to do is to download the hack and try it out. The download includes an uninstaller if you do not like the results. OF COURSE, always have a backup ( or even better a Carbon Copy cloned copy) of your startup disk before installing any hacks to your system. Hope this helps a little. Len. -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
