> I'm thinking about buying a Radeon 7000 for Mac PCI video card and have a >couple of concerns about compatibility with the system I have. I have a >Powerbase 240 with a Powerlogix Powerforce G3-400 upgrade and maxed out to >160 megs of ram. My concerns regard the statement in the system >requirements of a "PCI (66MHZ or 33 MHZ) - capable Macintosh." Is the >Powerbase considered to be a "66mhz or 33mhz - capable Macintosh?" > Also, I think I saw a mention of a PCI 2.0 requirement. I've tried (and >I know others have also) to determine what this "PCI 2.0" requirement is and >if the Powerbase is such. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Jerry
Some references: http://www.lowendmac.com/tech/pci.shtml http://www.serverworks.com/technology/pdf/PCI-X_2-0_WhitePaper.pdf Speed Mismatch Compatibility All speed generations of PCI are interoperable. For example, a 33MHz adapter card can plug into a 66MHz slot, a PCI-X 133 slot, or even a PCI-X 533 slot. If the card can't meet the performance of the slot, the slot frequency is throttled down to meet the maximum frequency of the card. In this example, since the card is capable of operating at 33MHz, the slot will change its frequency to 33MHz to match the speed of the card. The converse is also true; a higher performance card will also adjust its frequency to match the maximum performance of a slower slot, maintaining complete forward and backward compatibility. GTO -- -- Power Computing is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Power Computing list info: <http://lowendmac.com/power/list.html> --> 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]> List archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powercomputing%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
