on 12/26/03 2:11 PM, Dennis B. Swaney at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 13:35 -0500 12/26/03, Thomas D. Kearns wrote: >> Now to figure out if I can actually play what Santa dropped off..... >> >> SimCity 4 says I need "Hardware 3D acceleration required: ATI Radeon >> or NVidia GeForce card (32 MB VRAM or better.)" >> >> I have an iMac 17" flatscreen, 384 MB. 800 MHz, PowerPC G4. >> I don't see anything in the Apple Profiler re graphics acceleration. >> >> Will SImCity work? >> >> Is it possible to add graphics acceleration? > > In System Profiler, under Hardware, click on the PCI/AGP item. My two > year old G4 iMac 15" has a GeForce2 MX, so you have at least that or > better. Thus the answer is Yes! you should be able to run it on your > 17" G4 iMac
A quick glance at lowendmac.com's computer profile shows that ALL iMac G4s have GeForce graphics, and ALL have AT LEAST 32 MBs of VRAM. Have fun! (I remember playing Sim City (2000?) on my Performa 6400 - no graphics acceleration and only half an MB, maybe 1 MB at the most of VRAM. You kids these days have it good!) -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
