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lothar56 · Jan 16, 2001, 04:09 PM

Would it be possible to upgrade the graphics card in a Ruby DV iMac? In the System Profiler it says it has a 2x AGP bus. If so, I would really enjoy something better than the stupid 8 meg RAGE Pro 128 crap Apple throws in for laughs.

TimmyDee51 · Jan 18, 2001, 01:00 AM

Nope. Sorry. The graphics card is hardwired in. It says 2x AGP because that is the standard at which the mobo and the card communicate.

lothar56 · Jan 18, 2001, 01:39 PM

crap. that really sucks. now I'm stuck with a stupid 8 megs until I can scrounge up enough cash to get something else, maybe a G3 MT.

Jan 18, 2001, 07:53 PM

it also uses your system ram for video ram, just get like 256MB and you can run games alot better. i get way beter fram rates with 256MB of ram compared to 128 that the games uses.

lothar56 · Jan 19, 2001, 01:26 PM

I just bought a 64 meg RAM chip (from user tcarlyle) and am waiting for it to arrive. I hope that will help keep Oni from freezing up on startup.

COmie JOe · Jan 27, 2001, 11:56 PM

that is why you shouldn't get a crappy Imac ( no expandabily and they over heat)

IEEE1394 · Jan 29, 2001, 08:38 PM

Originally posted by COmie JOe:
that is why you shouldn't get a crappy Imac ( no expandabily and they over heat)

Okay, iMacs have crappy gfx cards, and they may get a little hot but they do not overheat. Just because they graphics card is a little slow, does not mean the machine is crappy. They are great little machines for what they are: iMacs.

COmie JOe · Feb 7, 2001, 05:25 PM

Hey I work for a AASP and I see more of those dumb machines come in for service for either over-heating causeing the Power/AV board to go bad, or something elce where a entire LB has to be replace.

COmie JOe · Feb 7, 2001, 05:27 PM

actuly apple dosen't use cheep built in AGP carts(like PC makers) that use the system Ram as V-ram

Mike Pither · Feb 16, 2001, 04:21 PM

My iMac DVSE doesn't overheat !!!

COmie JOe · Mar 1, 2001, 11:26 PM

the ones I have worked with do.... and that is a number of them....

iPaul UK · Mar 2, 2001, 07:13 PM

Where did you work on these iMacs? A Bakers in the Sahara dessert on a particularly sunny day?

Gimme a break..

COmie JOe · Mar 13, 2001, 05:58 PM

Duh, at an AASP in OR do uoi have a clue how many power AV boards I have replaced for thoes iMacs? Way too many!

RootZ · Mar 17, 2001, 08:56 PM

iMacs are really ****ed. You really should have thought about your needs in the future when you bought it...thats why I really am feeling iffy about buying an older G4 400mhz...because of the 2x AGP....i can't get a Geforce 3 or better....not even a geforce 2...which sucks. So I guess I will buy a stripped down 466mhz g4, because of my budget at least. The iMac has a whole bunch of limits, it really isn't special. It is just a bare minimum machine that doesn't take up as much space.
Sure they saved apple, but that doesn't mean they are good.

Evinyatar · Mar 18, 2001, 05:11 AM

Hmm, I thought AGP x4 cards would work in AGP x2 slots. Wasn't this whole thing supposed to be backward compatible?

itomato · Mar 27, 2001, 09:05 PM

4X AGP cards will work in a 2X slot, but a 2X slot can't provide the bandwidth a 4X card thirsts for.

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