VRAM on PM-9500?

kelib

I just bought an old 9500/200. What I can't figue out is the amount of VRAM it has. Currently I only have the old Apple 14" Trinitron (will get my new 17" on Thursday ) which only supports resolution of 640*480 and it does so in millions of colours.



In the System Profiler it says:



Card name: ATY.mach64

Card model: ATY.88800GX

Card revision: 3



So any one here know how much a VRAM this display card has?

allinone

[quote]Originally posted by kelib:

<strong>I just bought an old 9500/200. What I can't figue out is the amount of VRAM it has. Currently I only have the old Apple 14" Trinitron (will get my new 17" on Thursday ) which only supports resolution of 640*480 and it does so in millions of colours.



In the System Profiler it says:



Card name: ATY.mach64

Card model: ATY.88800GX

Card revision: 3



So any one here know how much a VRAM this display card has?</strong><hr></blockquote>



Everymac says 2MB.



<a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_9500_200.html"; target="_blank">http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/powermac/stats/powermac_9500_200.html</a>;

ghost_user_name

You can even upgrade the VRAM on that card to 4MB I think... that's what I did to my 9500 waaay back when Now it sits in the corner running an Avid, and not getting booked enough. Damn recession....

kelib

THNX for the info. There was no info on 'Apple-History.com' on the VRAM. I've been running the 9500 for about a week now and it does everything I can ask for, WP, Excel, Photoshop 4, Browsing, Email, WebRadio you name it. It has the fabulous Extended Keyboard and I can plug in my old ADB printer and SCSI scanner. It's no Autobahn hench the codename but fine as 2nd computer.

bernard

easy: it has for slots for 1024k only vram dimms. if you have 2 filled then you have 2, 4 filled you have 4. if you dont have 4 and need more buy a PCI vid card and dont waster oyur money on the ram dimm's.

ghost_user_name

[quote]Originally posted by bernard:

<strong>easy: it has for slots for 1024k only vram dimms. if you have 2 filled then you have 2, 4 filled you have 4. if you dont have 4 and need more buy a PCI vid card and dont waster oyur money on the ram dimm's.</strong><hr></blockquote>



The 9500 didn't have on-board video. The 9500 actually shipped with a stock ATI PCI card, and you could add a VRAM daughter card to it in order to increase the VRAM.



The 8500 had on-board video, and it had two VRAM slots to increase it's on-board video memory.



If you want to upgrade the video card, I've got a Rage 128 Orion (16MB) and a Rage 128 VR (16MB) with TV Tuner for sale Both PCI cards...