Re: Video upgrade

2011-05-09 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/05/09 08:52, Jeff Bequette so eloquently wrote: I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. From Mactracker, it looks like the Radeon 9800XT or Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra Ddl 256mb For Power Mac G5 will work as a replacement car

Re: Video upgrade

2011-05-09 Thread dc
On May 9, 10:52 am, Jeff Bequette wrote: > I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200   > (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. I've run a GeForce 6200/256 AGP and a eForce 7800 GT/AGP in my DP G5 and either one is a big improvement over the OEM card. The 7800 GT is arguab

Re: Video upgrade

2011-05-09 Thread Valter Prahlad
Il giorno 9-05-2011 16:52, Jeff Bequette ha scritto: > I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 > (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. The FX 5200 is quite a low performer, so anything recent should be better. > From Mactracker, it looks like the > Radeon 9800XT or Nvid

Video upgrade

2011-05-09 Thread Jeff Bequette
I have the low end June 2004 1.8 DP G5 with the Nvidia GeForce FX 5200 (64mb) video card on the AGP bus. From Mactracker, it looks like the Radeon 9800XT or Nvidia Geforce 6800 Ultra Ddl 256mb For Power Mac G5 will work as a replacement cards-Also I might presume AGP? Any preferences or b

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-26 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 26, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: > > On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: > >> The one limitation I find with this machine is YouTube. I'm a career >> college instructor, and there's a lot of video resources on YouTube >> that I can't use with this machi

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-26 Thread Bill Connelly
On Nov 26, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Michael B. in Cincinnati wrote: > I have a DP 533 DA, and I also installed a flashed GeForce 6200 AGP > card. It made a significant difference; between that and an Acard SATA > card, my machine is pretty useful. My test application was Klondyke > Forever; the animati

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-26 Thread Michael B. in Cincinnati
CI equivalent as well. > > Stewie > > > > > From: g...@gmx.net > > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > > Subject: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4 > > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:03 +0100 > > > I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethern

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Well, that computer is also occasionally used by his older son, studying design, for design/Photoshop work! Try to do that with a contemporary PC box :) Gorka - Original Message - From: "Kasey Smith" To: Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Video upgra

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
Has anyone tried the 64mb ATI Radeon 9600 Pro shipped with 2004 PowerMac G5s in older G4 towers? My friend`s G5 uses this card and I would like to know if it could be replaced by something better and moved to the G4 Gigabit. This would be a symbiotic move between the Macs! Searched Google but

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 25, 2009, at 12:38 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > Gorka , I use my dual 533MHz Digital Audio ( only about a year > younger than yours ) - OS10.3.9 , 1.5Gb Ram, 256mb video card, 80gb > + 120Gb HDs as my main machine 8 hours a day drawing CAD plans for > houses. > It is stable , fast (

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Len Gerstel
On Nov 23, 5:08 pm, "Gorka L Martinez Mezo" wrote: > I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a > friend. > > > It is still used to play games and the original ATI Rage 128 with 16mb VRAM > isn`t up to the task of running Medal of Honor as fluidly as it should. > > Be

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Stewie de Young
> within a reasonable budget! :) > > This is a nine years old machine and while nice to work with, is well past > its prime. This is mostly a budget hobby project with the aim of turning it > into a chepao gaming machine (within its limits) and kid computer. > > Gorka Gorka , I use m

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-25 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
> I think at the lower end of the scale like a 16mb 2 x AGP vs a 16mb PCI > card there would be very little difference but when you start to compare a > 128mb PCI vs a 128mb 4 x AGP card there would be a much bigger disparity > in performance. > See here for a comparison > http://www.cs.umd.edu/

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Stewie de Young
/fall2001/cmsc411/projects/agp/pci_vs_agp.htm In this case for Gorka , I mentioned these upper end ATI and nVidia cards ( for a GigE anyway )because he sounded like he wanted a big increase in pixel pushing power. Stewie > From: kasm...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: Video upgrade options for a G

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Kasey Smith
I get about the same performance from them, although Otto Matic is a tad bit slower now that i have the two displays... ): On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:42 PM, John Niven wrote: > -- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith wrote: >> I have a second Rage 128 in my >> PowerMac G3. I kinds got mixed up >> there, bu

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread John Niven
-- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith wrote: > I have a second Rage 128 in my > PowerMac G3. I kinds got mixed up  > there, but oh well. So the question is: do you get different performance from the two cards. I.E. is the speed of the PCI slot the limitation? I think the 66MHz PCI slot is really jus

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Kasey Smith
I have a second Rage 128 in my PowerMac G3. I kinds got mixed up there, but oh well. On Nov 24, 2009, at 1:07 PM, John Niven wrote: > --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith wrote: >> An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI >> equivalent as well. > >> Not all AGP cards are faster, a >> AGP 1x (

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread John Niven
--- On Tue, 11/24/09, Kasey Smith wrote: > An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI > equivalent as well. > Not all AGP cards are faster, a > AGP 1x (never used by Apple) is equivalent  to the > 33MHz, 64-bit PCI slot used in the PowerMac G3 B&W and > the early G4s The B&W has a single 66MH

Re: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-24 Thread Kasey Smith
On Nov 23, 2009, at 10:23 PM, Stewie de Young wrote: > > An AGP card is also a lot faster than its PCI equivalent as well. > Not all AGP cards are faster, a AGP 1x (never used by Apple) is equivalent to the 33MHz, 64-bit PCI slot used in the PowerMac G3 B&W and the early G4s -- You received

RE: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-23 Thread Stewie de Young
net > To: g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > Subject: Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4 > Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:08:03 +0100 > > I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a > friend. > > I have already maxed out the memory through

Video upgrade options for a Gigabit Ethernet G4

2009-11-23 Thread Gorka L Martinez Mezo
I`m slowly upgrading an old G4 Gigabit Ethernet for the young son of a friend. I have already maxed out the memory through the LEM swapt list and it works much better with 2Gb of RAM (the system is currently running OS 10.4.11). It is still used to play games and the original ATI Rage 128 with

ADC Video upgrade for dual G5

2009-05-04 Thread Eric Volker
I have a dual 1.8GHz G5 with an AGP 8x NVidia 5200 connected to an 22" Apple Cinema Display, with the infamous ADC connector. Given the lack of graphics power in the 5200, I'd like to upgrade. As far as I can tell my upgrade options would be a factory original Radeon 9600. There were aftermarket 9

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Doug Burton
On Mar 11, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Ralph Green wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:13 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:28 AM, abrock wrote: >>> http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR- >>> Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/product.html? >>> sec_iid=3

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Ted Treen
Ralph Green wrote: > On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:13 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:28 AM, abrock wrote: >> >>> http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/product.html?sec_iid=33972 >>> >>> BIOS? Says it suppo

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Ralph Green
On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 09:13 -0700, Bruce Johnson wrote: > On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:28 AM, abrock wrote: > > http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/product.html?sec_iid=33972 > > > > BIOS? Says it supports Apple displays (ADC). > > No i

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
It is between the d-sub and the dvi. Mike Baker wrote: > > I don't think it has s-video, at least not in the description. > > --- On Wed, 3/11/09, pdimage wrote: > >> From: pdimage >> Subject: Re: video upgrade >> To: "g3-5-list@googlegroups.com&

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Mike Baker
I don't think it has s-video, at least not in the description. --- On Wed, 3/11/09, pdimage wrote: > From: pdimage > Subject: Re: video upgrade > To: "g3-5-list@googlegroups.com" > Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2009, 12:02 PM > > On 11/3/09 15:28, "a

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Dennis Myhand
The image of the card shows three outputs, and it may support Apple displays, but I doubt it supports being installed in an Apple computer. I would say you have to flash it, and I would listen to Pete about the difficulty level. Peace, Dennis pdimage wrote: > On 11/3/09 15:28, "abrock" wro

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 11, 2009, at 8:28 AM, abrock wrote: > > Hello All, > I would like to upgrade the video card in my G4 Digital Audio (466). > I'm on a tight budget, and I found this on overstock. > > http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/pro

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread pdimage
On 11/3/09 15:28, "abrock" wrote: > > Hello All, > I would like to upgrade the video card in my G4 Digital Audio (466). > I'm on a tight budget, and I found this on overstock. > > http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics > -Card-Refurbished/3504887/product

Re: video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread insightinmind
On Mar 11, 2009, at 11:28 AM, abrock wrote: > > Hello All, > I would like to upgrade the video card in my G4 Digital Audio (466). > I'm on a tight budget, and I found this on overstock. > > http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR- > Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/350488

video upgrade

2009-03-11 Thread abrock
Hello All, I would like to upgrade the video card in my G4 Digital Audio (466). I'm on a tight budget, and I found this on overstock. http://www.overstock.com/Electronics/Sapphire-100545-SR-Radeon9000Pro-Graphics-Card-Refurbished/3504887/product.html?sec_iid=33972 My question is. Will it work in