[G4] Re: Upgrading video card

[Send2Rich at aol.com]

I just installed a Radeon 9800 in my 1.25GHz MDD.   Before you get one 
(they're available at OWC and AMD/ATI after a long dry spell), be aware that it does 
not really work with OS 9.   AMD/ATI states that the card requires OS X.   
While the primary graphics functions seem to work in Classic, there is no video 
acceleration, so clips are jerky.   There's a report on the web that you can 
boot into OS 9 with a 9800, but it always hangs on me.   For the few legacy 
applications that I need, the 9800's performance in Classic is acceptable.   It 
works great in OS X.

Rich


>Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:35:53 -0500
>From: Eric Wood <ewood at izoom.net>
>Subject: Re: [G4] Re: Upgrading video card
>To: gio1 at rcn.com, "A place to discuss Apple's G4 computers."
>    <g4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
>
>
>The Radeon 9800 supports such goodies. It's been a great upgrade for my
>Digital Audio G4.
>
>On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 20:40 -0400, Giorgio Gomelsky wrote:
> Inherited a G4 dual 1GB Mirrored Door (M8689LL/A)  with good ol' 64 MB
> ATI Radeon 9000 AGP card., dual monitors. Am wondering what would be
> good upgrade, perhaps supporting Core - if that's possible. Thanks for
> advice.
>
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