This card in an 8500?

#1 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 - 04:23 68kMLA

Can I put this card in an 8500?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mac-Radeon-9200LE-128-128MB-Video-Card-PCI-used-NR_W0QQitemZ110303526939QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item110303526939&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1416|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A1318

#2 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 - 22:30 68kMLA

Why not? It's PCI, isn't it?

#3 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 - 00:47 68kMLA

Yes, although technically you need OS 9.2.2 or higher.

#4 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 - 01:30 68kMLA

Cool, yea I just didn't know if it was compatible or not. These older macs have random incompatibilities.

#5 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 - 01:14 68kMLA

I had a 7000 in my 8500. So why wouldn't the 9200 work?

#6 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 - 06:01 68kMLA

I don't know why so many eBay sellers list their 9200 Mac Editions as 9200LEs. They're killing the potential sale price. The 9200LE was neutered trash and the 9200 Mac Edition isn't an LE.

#7 Sun, 26 Oct 2008 - 10:15 68kMLA

^^flashed PC versions?

#8 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 - 06:33 68kMLA

^^flashed PC versions?

Exactly what I was thinking...

#9 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 - 06:49 68kMLA

The 9200LE is different enough from the 9200 that flashing an LE for Mac isn't possible. They're really quite different architecturally. And if it is possible, I've yet to see anybody do it.

The item pictured in the auction in question is a legit Mac Edition card. Same goes for a number of other auctions I've seen with *actual* pictures of a legit card listed as an LE.

I just get the impression that most eBay sellers don't know what they're talking about and one of them posting misinformation in an auction causes an avalanche of successive sellers doing the same.