I just picked up the new copy of MacWorld's "Total OS X" Special Issue. In it they have a brief discussion of OS X and unsupported Macs and XpostFacto 2.11 (pages 21-22). They also briefly mention using a Rage 128 card. Reading this raised a question which I can't answer from what I've read:
What precisely do people mean when they say that the Rage 128 and early Radeon Mac edition cards "support accelerated video" in OS X? Clearly NO video card supports acceleration of the graphics primitives in Aqua (at least from what I gather from other forums). So what does get accelerated? Is it really only GL? Is the benefit mainly video and Quicktime? Is it mainly just 3D and especially games in OS X that people are talking about? Does anyone know? I'm interested personally because I've been trying to find a used card mainly to speed up scrolling in MS Office v.X and Aqua window resizing. This is for a 7600 which currently has 4mb of VRAM. Will a new video card help? Does anyone have ACTUAL personal experience? -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
