[Cube] Re: graphic cards for the cube

[Gary Heartsfield]

Bill

Perhaps you know the exact reasons why some of the machines will not  
play the movies ?

I tried the 720 version on my 1.25 g4 with the Ati Radeon 9600 ( 256  
meg video ram ) and it would not play as good as my  1.7 g4 cube with  
the 6200 card. ( only the 480 works)

What part does the bus speed and processor speed play in this test.?

The mac book with the  GMA 950 does a great job using 64 meg of base  
memory.
The mac book pro with the 256 video does them all with ease.

Thanks

Gary H

On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:40 PM, Bill Fox wrote:

> Cyril, I agree with Gary. Here is my review of the GeForce 6200 in  
> my upgraded Cube <http://www.macsonly.com/arch00712.html#_101>.
>
> I'll check the video when I return from travel next weekend if Gary  
> doesn't do it before.
>
> Bill
>
> On Jan 7, 2008, at 8:27 AM, AUBINEAU Cyril wrote:
>
>> thanks gary
>>
>> Is your cube able to decode the second video (1280*720) on this  
>> page :
>> http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/hd/bbc-blue.html
>>
>> If not, i think i will not buy a Geforce6200, but a GMA950 :-))
>>
>> Cyril
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
>> De : cube-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>> [mailto:cube-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com]De la part de  
>> Gary
>> Heartsfield
>> Envoyé : lundi 7 janvier 2008 17:15
>> À : A place to discuss Apple's Cube.
>> Objet : Re: [Cube] Re: graphic cards for the cube
>>
>>
>>
>> I have the powerlogix 1.7 upgrade with 1.5 gig of ram and a Seagate  
>> 160
>>
>> Driving a apple 23 inch studio monitor ( clear plastic border adc )
>>
>> The slower bus speed( 100 ) and the lack of usb 2.0 are the only
>> negative about this machine.
>>
>> I think it is more responsive than my friends 1.8 G5 ( first  
>> edition )
>> running leopard 10.5.1
>>
>> Which I had to install onto the hard drive from another machine.
>>
>> Now with the core 2 duo mini it would be very hard to justify much
>> upgrading on a cube.
>>
>>
>>
>> Gary H
>>
>> On Jan 7, 2008, at 9:53 AM, AUBINEAU Cyril wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Gary,
>>>
>>> Can you tell us what kind of monitor you have ? 23 flat HD Apple ?
>>> Do you have the stock CPU (450 Mhz) ?
>>>
>>> If not, is your cube able to decode a 720P movie (1280*720) of the
>>> QuickTime HD Gallery ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> -----Message d'origine-----
>>> De : cube-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com
>>> [mailto:cube-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com]De la part de  
>>> Gary
>>> Heartsfield
>>> Envoyé : lundi 7 janvier 2008 16:40
>>> À : A place to discuss Apple's Cube.
>>> Objet : Re: [Cube] Re: graphic cards for the cube
>>>
>>>
>>> I have bought and installed the Geo 6200 from ebay ( macgenius ) the
>>> card is very fast with Leopard.
>>> Full support for core image.
>>>
>>> I would only get it from ebay through" themacgeniuses at mac.com"
>>> This guy knows what he is doing and has sold many of these cards for
>>> the cube.
>>>
>>> It does not have the adc port. only DVI  I had to use the apple
>>> adapter ( dvi to adc  which I already had )
>
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