[?]SAPPHIRE RADEON? 9800 XT ULTIMATE Edition in a G5?
Is it possible to upgrade a G5 with this: SAPPHIRE RADEON? 9800 XT ULTIMATE Edition
It's supposed to have a significantly lower noise level than the original ATI card!
It's supposed to have a significantly lower noise level than the original ATI card!
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Originally posted by Wrong Robot
any word of a mac edition coming?
Buy the Mac card and buy the Zalman cooler the Sapphire uses.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=35-118-211
at any rate, I'm not in the market for a graphics card, as I'm getting a powerbook, and it has a pretty good graphics card(for a laptop)
Originally posted by Wrong Robot
hmm...but the mac card doesn't have 256 megs of VRAM \
Now excuse me for my ignorance, but in what cases 256 MB of VRAM would make a (significant) difference over 128 MB of VRAM? I would like really to learn.
That's what I've heard.
Originally posted by PB
Now excuse me for my ignorance, but in what cases 256 MB of VRAM would make a (significant) difference over 128 MB of VRAM? I would like really to learn.
At the moment it seems to be of greates use in big antialaising in OGL or Dirext X Games. The extra VRAM seems to relly help the ATi cards when the resolution gets high, and the AA is set 4-6x
Originally posted by 1337_5L4Xx0R
How does VRAM affect AA?
AA effectively increases the resolution. 4x AA increases it for times (ie, each pixel is sampled in 4 places). So, a 1024x768x24 pixel image becomes 2048x1536 in the VRAM.
That's going from 2.35 to 9.43 megabytes.
As you can see, an extra 128MB of VRAM is going to make a difference.
***THE ABOVE IS SARCASM, THE BELOW IS SERIOUS***
The usage of VRAM in graphics cards is the same as MHz is CPUs. Dumb consumers demand an easy to follow unit of measure to figure out what product is best. Because of this, graphics cards are now advertised by their VRAM, not any actual speed, and demand is placed on manufactures to put stupid amount of VRAM when even Doom 3 probably won't use more than 64MB. 128MB will be on the safe side, but 256MB is firmly on the stupid side.
Barto
Why is that?....
should i just opt for a ATi card with 256mb on board?...
Originally posted by BNOYHTUAWB
Is it possible to upgrade a G5 with this: SAPPHIRE RADEON? 9800 XT ULTIMATE Edition
It's supposed to have a significantly lower noise level than the original ATI card!
Here's what i think. When the Rev. B Powermac G5s come out, a whole new wave of Mac-compatible AGP8x graphics cards will roll out with them. You'll be able to buy those cards seperately.
>ULTIMATE Edition
Nope.
>any word of a mac edition coming?
No. The mac gaming market is not large enough. The next series of cards is more likely.
>Now excuse me for my ignorance, but in what cases 256 MB of VRAM
>would make a (significant) difference over 128 MB of VRAM? I would
>like really to learn.
It wouldn't with any games out now.
>How does VRAM affect AA?
Higher sampling rates at higher resolutions are possible.
>The usage of VRAM in graphics cards is the same as MHz is CPUs.
Not quite.
>even Doom 3 probably won't use more than 64MB. 128MB will be on
>the safe side, but 256MB is firmly on the stupidside.
No, I'm certain Doom 3 will saturate a 256MB card. Even Max Payne 2 can suck up 140MB.
>should i just opt for a ATi card with 256mb on board?.
There are no 256MB graphics cards available for Mac to my knowledge.
The Radeon 9800 pro is the best available right now. Even the 9600 would be an excellent upgrade.