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I Have A "ATY Radeon X1600"
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NobleMatt
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Jul 4, 2007, 05:51 AM
 
lol just looked in my mac specs to find that under Graphics/Display it says "ATY,RadeonX1600" not 'ATI' for chipset anyone else with an iMac or any other machine that takes the 'ATI Radeon X1600'?

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Jul 4, 2007, 08:17 AM
 
Apple does that for ATi chips that they have bundled, so they can detect them in software. They've done that for a decade at least. Back then, Apple's driver wouldn't work for an OEM ATi board even though it could have - simply for testing purposes.
     
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Jul 4, 2007, 12:59 PM
 
There's also an Apple doc on the issue: Apple System Profiler: Identifies Video Card as ATY Instead of ATI
     
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Jul 5, 2007, 09:07 PM
 
Note that ATY was the stock symbol of ATI.
     
NobleMatt  (op)
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Jul 8, 2007, 04:05 PM
 
how wierd, thanks for that, nothing to worry about
     
   
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