The other technology in OS X that relates to video acceleration you might hear about these days is Core Image. There isn't much value in pursuing a video card that will support Core Image . . . installing a Quartz Extreme compatible (anything OTHER than the Rage 128 you've got!) video card. QE offloads all the window manager decorations (shadows, genie dock effect, window roll-ups, etc) to the video card instead of to the main CPU. So by installing a QE capable card, you might actually notice a performance increase.
Allright! I don't have to spring for anything too fancy!
A PCI card to drive your Radius display would work fine, but you may as well just look for a dual-display capable AGP video card like the GeForce4 MX . . . If you keep your eyes open on
eBay, you can find an AGP GeForce4 MX for $35 to $50.
Excellent recommendation, thanks especially for that link, I was expecting to part with MUCH more dinero!
My eBay winnings have expanded. I now own a PowerBook Mustang of my very own.
Congratulations, comrade, that thing is DA BOMB!
Oh, I've also got a TAM that I picked up from 4seasonphoto locally. I still don't quite understand why he let it go, but I'm glad he did. I love it to death!
Nice one! The rest of your acquisitions, that I edited out for brevity's sake, sound also awefully cool too, buddy! :b&w:
The last "bidding war" I was in was for the PowerExpress machine on eBay that was sold by a fellow 'Fritter member (and won by another). I was the 2nd highest bidder for that one. Now, though, I see the right person won it because he is actually equipped to produce flash ROMs to try to boot it! I'm not upset about losing that one.
Having a non-working PEx board myself, I can sympathize! :
But now I've got time & money to get the accelerator card that just MIGHT make mine work!
The guy who beat me to the first Mustang (Jococo) hasn't surfaced in a while in any auctions I've been involved in . . . maybe having been gainfully employed for the last 6 years, my threshold for "serious" has risen somewhat from that first Mustang on eBay. ;-)
No loss there, eh? :lol:
Thanks ever so much for all your help, sadly, I've been out of touch for way too many years. :'(
jt =8-D
