[CUBE] graphics options?

[Michael McPherson]

The main disadvantage of the stock 128 card found in most cubes is that 
it does not allow for "quartz extreme" in OS X.  QE makes the desktop 
(and system) considerably more snappy and responsive, as drawing tasks 
are offloaded more from the cpu to the graphics card.

Are you running OS X?  or some other OS?  Are you happy with your 
cube's performance?  if so,  then there probably is no need to upgrade. 
  if not, you can consider the options.  my cube has an oem ATI Radeon 
card (which was a build to order option for some cubes).  there is a 
fan, but it is very quiet (compared to the wind tunnel fan I have on my 
athlon which sits unused in the corner now).

other options for cube upgrades include the geforce 2mx and the 
geforce3.

Recently,  people have figured out how to put in the mac edition radeon 
8500 and 9000 pro, but these cards are a LITTLE too big to fit in the 
cube as is...so you have to move some things around on the inside and 
dremel a few mm off the backplate so the card will fit.



On Wednesday, February 5, 2003, at 01:32  PM, Christopher Hack wrote:

> dear Cube list,
>
> I am only new to the cube ownership, but am already trying to 
> understand all
> the upgrade options. it seems there is a lot of talk on the list about
> replacement graphics cards. Does that mean the stock graphics cards is 
> very
> slow, or is it just a desire to move onward and upward. I have no 
> desire to
> play games, but may watch a few movies and figure this may be relevant.
> If I wanted to replace the card, which is the best option without 
> having to
> install a fan (I kind of like the fact the cube is silent). or is it
> essential to have a card with a fan?
>
> many thanks in advance
>