On 15/12/2012 16:32, "Richard Gerome" <onecoolka...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I bought that 9800 for a friend's G4 466mhz Tower and never used it because I > couldn't flash the rom... I maxed the ram, put in a 250G 7200rpm HD (only > reads 128G) and a new DVD super drive and installed Tiger. They had this 23" > monitor for it and I just left the orig video card in it. I had to boot it up > 3 or 4 times till the res was all the way up to it's max..? This was about 2 > yrs ago and it's still working pretty good with no problems... So this left me > wondering why so many put this 9800 in them??? Maybe someone here can tell me > why they even use this 9800 card? When I go back to NC to visit them I'm going > to download Leopard on it for them... It's because the 9800 pro was just about the fastest 4x agp card you could get for a G4 - and the easiest to convert from pc to mac with little or no problems and get all the ports working fully. Nvidia and other cards had conversion problems - no s-vid, no dvi etc but the 9800 worked 100% if flashed correctly. I flashed many cards from pc to mac but the only one I know of which is easier than the 9800 is the 8500 - much slower than the 9800, half the ram at 64 MB (or a quarter if you get a 9800 with 256) and much slower tsop ram compared to the ball grid array ram on the 9800 - only snag was the disabling of the pins 3 and 11 as Apple had commandeered them for ADC connections. <http://themacelite.wikidot.com/flasher-s-buying-guide-9800> Pete -- 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