beigh g3 video upgrade

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xramxram
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
hi there



i have a beigh g3 300 . it has only pci slots and i was hoping i could upgrade my video card . i have investigated the ati raedon and the ati radeon 7000 both only work in os 9 . i would like to have os x functionality . the recent driver upgrade for these cards apparently doesn't address the os x problem.



any help or suggestions would be wounderfull.



aaron

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Er. I had a Radeon PCI in my Beige G3. It worked fine.
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    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    The Radeon PCI card does work fine in Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 on a beige g3



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  • Reply 3 of 10
    xramxram Posts: 6member
    hi there guys



    apparently with either of the raedon cards i mentioned os x won't boot. ati also addressed this by saying that only blue and whites (new world systems) will boot with this video card and os x. ati does say the card will work fine in os 9.0 perhaps the issue is only when duel monitor support is needed from the card itself. your posts suggest otherwise, is there some trick or tip i need to know to get os x to boot.



    thanks for the help



    aaron c.
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  • Reply 4 of 10
    xramxram Posts: 6member
    hi there guys



    i had another thought . if the cards are older perhaps the older driver works with both os' and then updating to a newer driver (not the current one ) causes the problem. what version drivers are you guys using?



    thanks for the help



    aaron
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  • Reply 5 of 10
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    I sold my Radeon on eBay after I replaced my beige G3...
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    mac writemac write Posts: 289member
    I added an orginal Radeon PCI to my Beige G3 266 Rev A. in December, and it was plug n play. The only side affects is that the monitor won't turn on until you see the starting services screen (and in 9 640x480 until Mac OS 9 screen).



    other then that, it's been perfect. oh, don't go for the VE or the 7000 the orginal is alot better.
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  • Reply 7 of 10
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Just bought a Radion 7000 for my beige g3, and like it. Don't run OSX yet, so haven't had screen problems, but DVD doesn't work. Went to tech support for ATI, and the link I need in the FAQ doesn't work. Anyone know how to get DVD working, or know of this problem? BTW: Finally replaced my 3DFx Voodoo 5500 with the radion 7000; less ram, single processor, but still faster.
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    bernardbernard Posts: 59member
    [quote]Originally posted by Ebby:

    <strong> BTW: Finally replaced my 3DFx Voodoo 5500 with the radion 7000; less ram, single processor, but still faster.</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Faster at what? I pulled my real radeon in favor of a Voodoo 3 want to unload your voodoo 5?
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    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    I have upgrade my beige G3 333 with a proformance 3 + of 16 MB. It's much better in 2D and 3 d than the rage pro. But i do not run OS X on this mac.

    You should bettet buy a PCI radeon.
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    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    [quote]Originally posted by bernard:

    <strong>



    Faster at what? I pulled my real radeon in favor of a Voodoo 3 want to unload your voodoo 5?</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Believe-it-or-not I have higher frame rates in Quake, Quake TA, Unreal, and Elite force with the 7000 (numbers speak for themselves). However, the main factor for replacing my card is that there will be no more driver updates, and therefore I don't foresee any DVD abilities in the future. <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> I still have plans for the card though. One thing the Voodoo was better at was 2D acceleration (esp. Photoshop) I will still use it in a 8500 with a G3 upgrade card. Don't get me wrong, the 3DFx Voodoo is still a great card [if you don't need DVD]
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