Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-06 Thread Powermac
The reason you bother with a Nubus video card is faster quickdraw acceleration (in an 030 anyway) plus higher resolution and color depth then built in video. On Aug 5, 12:02 pm, Andy Stocker detestolun...@gmail.com wrote: The nubus bus on a iici is so very, very slow.  Think 5 megabytes per

Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-05 Thread Powermac
For me Supermac Thunder/24 cards seem to be common and are speedy with 3MB of RAM. There is another version without the GWORLD RAM slots but still decent with 3MB built in. On Aug 4, 5:35 pm, Doug McNutt dougl...@macnauchtan.com wrote: NuBus video on hand and I have no use for them: All have 15

Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-05 Thread Andy Stocker
The nubus bus on a iici is so very, very slow. Think 5 megabytes per second of real-world bandwidth spread across every card installed. That's slow enough to make the difference between a fast card and an average card negligible, as long as they're both quickdraw accelerated. On Wed, Aug 4,

Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-04 Thread canale grande
hi kevin, i think it's the supermac thunder II gx. a realy fast card, but hard to find (inexpensive). the mac picassos from the middle nineteens were good cards, too. on lowendmac.com you can find a lot of informations, tips and benckmarks regarding this topic: http://lowendmac.com/video/ best

RE: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-04 Thread Power Macintosh
-Radius LeMans GT -Radius Thunder IV GX 1360/ 1600 Fastest accelerated NuBus video cards ever produced. -- - You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at

Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-04 Thread Jeff Walther
On Aug 3, 7:14 pm, Kevin Kelley vicidi...@gmail.com wrote:  I have a mac IIci with one last open NuBus slot (other two have audio media and Ethernet). I was wondering if anyone can recommend a NuBus video card that can support better than the on board Video quality? I am new to old macs and

Re: Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-04 Thread Doug McNutt
NuBus video on hand and I have no use for them: All have 15 socket D connectors with Apple pinouts. Micron Technology Inc. XCEED NB10-78 SuperMac 1003067-001E assy 006945 REVJ RasterOps no number on board, AMI special chips 9341AAI and 9228BHE four empty slots for memory SIMMS Two .050

Best NuBus Video card ?

2010-08-03 Thread Kevin Kelley
I have a mac IIci with one last open NuBus slot (other two have audio media and Ethernet). I was wondering if anyone can recommend a NuBus video card that can support better than the on board Video quality? I am new to old macs and use them in my studio for interfacing with vintage audio