[Cube] Re: graphic cards for the cube

[Bill Fox]

Gary/Cyril,

My 1.4GHz G4 Cube with NV6200 plays the 480p just fine but both the  
720p and 1080p versions play a bit choppy using QT 7.3.1 on Leopard.  
The 1080p version plays perfectly smoothly on my MacBook Pro. I am not  
sure if the Cube problem is the video card or CPU or both.

Bill

On Jan 9, 2008, at 6:55 AM, Gary Heartsfield wrote:

> 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
>>>
>>> From Gary:
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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
>>>>
>>>> From Gary:
>>>>
>>>> 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 )