On Friday, February 21, 2003, at 05:24 PM, Stacy J Dunkle wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm running my PM9600 with a Voodoo3, which I flashed to work with > Macs. > > It works and all, but I'm wondering, am I getting the full features of > this card under X? I can find nothing online regarding using this card > under X. It's all about OS 9. > > Am I getting the acceleration at all out of this thing under X? If > not, is there anything out there (drivers, utilities, etc.) that would > allow this card to do what it can do, under OS X? > > If not, then I'll definitely grab one of those Radeon 7000's that I > keep hearing so much about. > > Thanks, > Stace >
No you are not getting any 3D accelleration from the Voodoo card when in X. There are no drivers available to make it work either. I've heard a few people talking about "they knew someone who hacked some drivers to make it work" but like so many rumors no one has ever been able to produce them when asked. ::chuckles:: its a Voodoo urban myth ;D Too bad too really because Voodoo used to kick ATI's butt... I finally sold off my Voodoo 3 and Voodoo 5 and went all ATI now that I'm X only. I replaced my Voodoos with Rage 128's so I haven't tried the Radeon 7000's but I've heard that you've got to have 9.2.2 to make it run so if you are on a mac that isn't supposed to be able to go past 9.1 you'll need to get the OS 9 Helper from www.os9forever.com. Also I've read articles on the web that indicate that the original Radeon 32Meg for Mac works better than the Radeon 7000. Though the original Radeon's are a bit hard to find now... seems that even on Ebay they go for almost the full cost of a 7000. Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7300 G3/450 1M 10.2.4 Bondi iMac G3/233 10.2.4 iBook G3/800 10.2.3 -- 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> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
