Gforce4 4600 not available till June or later

bungholebunghole
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in Future Apple Hardware edited January 2014
Yeah announce it first and give us a new name on an old card. Then you can ship the real thing in a year. I wanted this card but Apple's site now says check back in June for availability, you can't even order one as BTO. Meanwhile PC gamers will have had the 4600 for 6 months and will already be looking to upgrade. But hey,..we at least got the announcement first !!! <img src="graemlins/oyvey.gif" border="0" alt="[No]" />

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  • Reply 1 of 8
    cakecake Posts: 1,010member
    I share and understand your frustration, but, in reality, the 4600 has only been widely available for the PC for about 2 months, not 6.



    My PC GeForce3 that I flashed to work in my Mac (G4/533DP) delivers me great frames.

    Rather than having the freshest,dopest card available, I'd rather have DDR RAM and a faster main Bus coupled with a G4/G5 - that would make my plain old GF3 (or my old V5) truly sing.
  • Reply 2 of 8
    bungholebunghole Posts: 47member
    I was stating that in reference to when Apple says to check back on their site for availability, the 4600 will have been out for 6 months. I know it has only been available for the PC for about 2 months. I have a PC, with a 4600 in it since the day they shipped. I would however like to put the 4600 in my dual 1GIG G4.
  • Reply 3 of 8
    cakecake Posts: 1,010member
    I wonder if anyone is looking into flashing the 4600 for the Mac like the original GF3 that I flashed and use.

    The Ti200 and Ti500 have a smaller ROM which prevent them from being flashed.

    Maybe nvidia became aware of all the flashing and took steps to stop that (I hope not though).



    Looks like it's time to build another PC gaming box with UT2K03 just around the corner.
  • Reply 4 of 8
    cdhostagecdhostage Posts: 1,038member
    what's flashing? like changing software on the card?



    I thought that video cards' power came from the dedicated hardware - the GPU and the mini-memory system.
  • Reply 5 of 8
    dennis the phantom menacedennis the phantom menace Posts: 64member
    The only thing that's holding me back from buying a dual Ghz G4 is the lack of the GF4 ti. I really hate the idea of being forced to buy a GF4MX or a Radeon 7500.
  • Reply 6 of 8
    cakecake Posts: 1,010member
    [quote]Originally posted by cdhostage:

    <strong>what's flashing? like changing software on the card?



    I thought that video cards' power came from the dedicated hardware - the GPU and the mini-memory system.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Yes, the hardware and the RAM does give the card it's muscle, but with the original GeForce3 reference cards you could save the PC ROM and replace it with the Mac ROM from the cards that Apple shipped.



    I sold my then new GF3MX out of my G4/533DP for $191.50 on eBay ( and felt bad taking that much!), bought a PC GF3 off of ubid.com for $230 and flashed it to work in my Mac. It worked out well.

    <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/Graphics/flashing_pc_geforce3.html"; target="_blank">Here's the link</a> if you want more info on flashing.
  • Reply 7 of 8
    xypexype Posts: 672member
    [quote]Originally posted by Dennis the Phantom Menace:

    <strong>The only thing that's holding me back from buying a dual Ghz G4 is the lack of the GF4 ti. I really hate the idea of being forced to buy a GF4MX or a Radeon 7500.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    is there no ati 8500 for the mac? i heared the 8500LE is even nicely overclockable to 8500 speeds..
  • Reply 8 of 8
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    xype, there is, but it's not a BTO option, and it has an MSRP of $299. The trade-up program may still be running though (the one where you get $150 back for either Radeon 7500 or GeForce4 MX.)



    <a href="http://www.ati.com/shopati/promotions/macg4/index.html"; target="_blank">http://www.ati.com/shopati/promotions/macg4/index.html</a>;



    The offer expires on May 31.
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