[CUBE] New 20" Display

Sean Terrill a10t2 at mac.com
Wed Jan 29 08:43:11 PST 2003


Quoth Riba (riba at hi.hinet.hr) at 1/29/03 3:24:

>> "System requirements
>>  The Apple Cinema Display requires Mac OS X v10.2 or later, and one of
>> the
>> following systems:
>> — Power Mac G4 with an NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, or
>> GeForce4 Titanium graphics card or ATI Radeon 7500, 9000 Pro, or 9700
>> Pro
>> graphics card"
>> 
>> I figure if you don't have one of those cards you get a black screen.
> 
> Not necessarily. I'm almost certain thatthe original Radeon would work
> too, and it is not specifically mentioned. I'm planning to get that 20"
> baby, and if it doesn't work with my Radeon, then it is a good thing I
> have this 2MX on the side :)

I'm thinking the reasoning behind only those cards being supported is that
Apple/Nvidia/ATi don't want to rewrite all their drivers to support the new
1680x1050 resolution, especially for products that are no longer shipping.

Sean Terrill
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