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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / December 2007OSX86 AGP Video Cards ...
G'day all - looking for advice. I've been lucky enough to score 3 Acer Veriton 5600G's through my local TAFE ... These will replace my old 600MHz G3 iMac (the power supply blew), daughter #1's 450MHz G3 iMac (starting to show 'power issues'), and daughter #2's 350 MHz PowerMac ... it's going to be a Marry Christmas! BTW - last year , received funding for a MacBook for my son, and daughters got new fat nanos, plus bought Leopard - so don't worry - apple inc.'s still making money from my family! Plus, as I show OSX to non-mac friends (*nix/winxp/vista) - they are looking with envy ... Anyway: I've successfully installed 10.4.11 on one (P4 2.4Ghz Hyper Thread) - the only issue is the Intel Integrated graphics is not recognised, so Core Image & Quartz Extreme is not supported ... games fall over, DVD playing won't ... So I'm on the hunt for recommendations - they need to work native (or close to - don't want to 'hack' too much more), and be relatively economical. What's the cheapest option? Best value for $ option? Your input would be gratefully appreciated. Merry Christmas, and a Happy 2008! MikeyMike > G'day all - looking for advice. > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > close to - don't want to 'hack' too much more), and be relatively > economical. You're kidding, right? The entire machine needs to be a massive 'hack' as it is. > What's the cheapest option? Best value for $ option? Either: Buy hardware which *properly* supports the OS, like....a Mac. Run Linux (I ran a dual boot G4 PowerMac with Ubuntu which seemed pretty good). Good luck. Andy. In Andy <no@spam.no> wrote: > > I've successfully installed 10.4.11 on one (P4 2.4Ghz Hyper Thread) - > > the only issue is the Intel Integrated graphics is not recognised, so [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > You're kidding, right? The entire machine needs to be a massive 'hack' > as it is. Not really - simple install with a moderate amount of patches ... pretty much everything but video recognised ... > > > What's the cheapest option? Best value for $ option? > > Either: > > Buy hardware which *properly* supports the OS, like....a Mac. Would love to afford to. Really! if I had the $, I would. This is a project in recycling - and an intellectual challenge ... > Run Linux (I ran a dual boot G4 PowerMac with Ubuntu which seemed pretty > good). Every six months, I try an install of Ubuntu/OpenSUSE. Everytime, I get pissed off with the level of 'hacking' required. Making this Hackintosh is much easier in comparison, and more rewarding. > Good luck. You too - & Merry Christmas. > Andy. Now, can anybody help with suggestions for a graphics card? MikeyMike > Now, can anybody help with suggestions for a graphics card? Well, you'll be wanting something that was at one time shipped in a Mac, so one of the older nVidia cards would probably work. I believe they had 6600's in some of the G5 iMacs? Basically just go look at specs of models from a few years ago and you should be OK.  Signature* Matt McLeod | mail: matt@boggle.org | blog: http://abortrephrase.com/ * --- People can do the work, so machines have time to think --- > > Now, can anybody help with suggestions for a graphics card? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Basically just go look at specs of models from a few years ago > and you should be OK. There are NVidia 7800GS cards that are being flashed to work with Macs. http://weknow.to/forums/comments.php?DiscussionID=2648 Also discussed in macintouch.com Dale Signaturedstanbro@spam.o.matic.bigpond.net.au |
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