On Mar 11, 2010, at 9:10 PM, Eric Volker wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:46 PM, JOHN CARMONNE <carmo...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi All > > I have a PM G5 Dual 2.7 8G RAM. It has a Radeon 9600 128 MB VRAM chip set > ATY,RV351 I have a VIZIO 36" LCD display. > I would like to know if an upgrade of the card would result in better video, > I only use it to watch DVDs I do not play any games. So if I would benefit by > upgrading my card what should I try to buy, cheap I hope, also if an upgrade > is the thing to do then I guess I could use the 9600 in my G4 MDD dual 1.25. > Or butcher it and put it in one of the Cubes??? > > JOHN CARMONNE > Yorba Linda USA > sent from my Wally 10.4.11 > > > Since you have an AGP model, your options are somewhat limited. There are two > steps up available to you, the Radeon 9800 and Radeon X800. I'm not familiar > with any NVidia options; perhaps someone else can address that. Flashed PC > cards are also an option; according to some the flashing process is simple, > but my understanding was that it was pretty difficult. If you do buy it from > someone else, make sure you can return it if it's incompatible with your > system. > > But this is ignoring one problem with your question; what exactly is wrong > with the video you're seeing on your TV? Is it blurry, are there anomalies on > the screen, is it too dim, etc? Have you hooked up a dedicated DVD player up > to the TV to get a sense of what the TV is capable of? The problem could also > be unrelated to the video card; if you're using an analog cable, you could > see a significantly inferior picture. It could also be the TV itself, or > perhaps the input that you're using. Perhaps you just need to change some > settings in System Preferences>Display. There are many variables to consider. > The picture seems a little blurry. I don't like to use the TV because I like the DVD player in 10.5.8
> So to review, it would be helpful if we knew: 1) which connector on your > Radeon 9600 are you using, 2) if you are using any adapters between the > computer and the TV, 3) which input on your TV you're using, 4) what kind of > cable are you using and most importantly, 5) what's wrong with the picture > you're looking at. Im using the #1 DVI port on the card I was just wondering if a better card would give a better picture, John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
