Greetings Brian.
On 5/27/04 10:59 AM, Brian Braunschweiger of [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent > I am hoping to make the transition soon from a G3 upgraded 7600 to a > Beige G3 minitower I got at a local auction. etc.,...> > In this particular post I want to focus the discussion on my options > for video in this machine. The Apple System Profiler says it has 6 > megs of VRAM. The card/chip is a Mach 64 in slot F1. > > > ISSUES: > First, where is slot F1? Is this an upgradeable slot like the PCI > slots? The F1 slot is a small SGRAM-style slot that lies underneath your "personality" card (that's you're audio-out card of whatever style, A/V or not, it is. If you have an internal modem, then the modem is hiding your F1 slot). The slot is addressed by angling the 4Mg SGRAM video card (2Mg on the motherboard; the 4Mg upgrade brings you to the 6Mg total you mentioned) into the slot, then swiveling the card down so that it lays parallel to the motherboard. There is no greater upgrade for this onboard video option than the current total/solution that you have. 3-D acceleration is supported via the motherboard and OS-level extensions (provided by ATI and Apple's OpenGL extensions), but it is 6Mg of 64-bit addressing, so older 3D games-only would be appropriate. 2D acceleration is pretty good, imho. Most would agree your best bet is via a PCI-slot add-on card. Retail cards are fine (mostly ATI), or you can use OEM 16-mg ATI Rage cards, sold on eBay for about $25, that are pulls from the newer B+W G3s. Best regards, Dana -- 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
