[CUBE] VIDEO Cards

[Hal]

Well, I saw a noticeable improvement in scrolling speeds and overall 
"snappiness" of the aqua interface. I'm running a stock G4/500 
processor with 1GB of ram.

It's tough to say exactly how much improvement you'll see without 
running some benchmarks. I can say that the jump in game framerates is 
HUGE.

I tested Unreal Tournament and Quake 3. Neither is particularly nice to 
look at with the stock Rage 128, both are totally playable with the 
upgraded cards. Similarly, Diablo 2 is not playable without an upgraded 
video card.

cheers,
-Hal

On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 08:42 AM, FrankG wrote:

> This is too vague for me-Is "some improvement" in screen redraw? 
> Meaning a window or photo will just pop open faster than it does now?
> When I open a 1gig photoshop file will it process faster or just pop 
> open the foreground image after processing the file? Scrolling > faster?!
>
> Will it pop open the file images faster when I switch from app tp app?
> Or is this a mother board processor task?
>
> I looked at XLR8's site to see if I can gain some knowledge through 
> the bench tests but I just don't see significant accelleration-
> Now I'll concede it maybe needed for the 22" and 23" but how about the 
> 20"?
>
> FrankG
>
>
> On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 10:33 AM, Hal wrote:
>
>> Well, the Rage 128 does not take advantage of Quartz Extreme. I've 
>> tried all the video cards that fit in the Cube without modification 
>> and use the original bracket on the Cube. There is a significant 
>> difference when you upgrade to a GF2 or a Radeon, and a larger one 
>> when you go to a GF3. You'll only really see the GF3 benefit, if you 
>> use a monitor that displays higher than 1024x768. You'll see the 
>> largest improvements in games, but some improvement overall with any 
>> video card upgrade.
>>
>> hope this helps.
>>
>> -Hal
>>
>> On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 06:29 AM, FrankG wrote:
>>
>>> Wow my stock card is only worth $15
>>> Does this mean the new ones are that much better?
>>> Or are these new cards really just for video production and gamimg 
>>> acceleration
>>>
>>> Apple says the ATI RAGE128 wiil take advantage of Quartz but someone 
>>> else here said it would not-or was that Quartz "Extreme"
>>> Terminology is getting the best of me I think
>>>
>>> Thanks Thubten for getting me misdirected from my priorities :) but 
>>> I fail to see a significant advantage from upgrading the ATI Rage 
>>> 128 video card other than to get Dual monitor capabilities. Pleas 
>>> educate me.
>>>
>>> FrankG
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 09:17 AM, Erik Ness wrote:
>>>
>>>> If anyone needs another ATI Rage to keep their Cube well-stocked 
>>>> into the next decade, I'd say the price is worth it here:
>>>>
>>>>> PowerON offers the Apple/ATI Rage 128 Pro 16MB AGP graphics
>>>>> card for $15.44. (Credit card surcharge included.) It's one
>>>>> of the cheapest Mac video cards we've seen. Several
>>>>> different versions are available: DVI/VGA, ADC/VGA, VGA, and
>>>>> Cube.
>>>>>
>>>>> Click here for updates or to snap up this deal now:
>>>>> <http://dealmac.com/articles/47042.html>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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