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Enabling Quartz Extreme On Rage 128AGP 16MB
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olope
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Apr 17, 2006, 07:43 PM
 
In another system I have, a sawtooth 500MHZ Id like to enable quartz extreme on the 16MB Video card but it says its not supported. its running MacOS 10.4.6 (PowerPC) Id like to have the accellerated graphics but it says that the monitor nor the display card is supported. Is there any way around this
     
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Apr 17, 2006, 07:51 PM
 
No.

Not physically possible. That card does not have the proper hardware components.
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Apr 17, 2006, 07:52 PM
 
No. The Rage 128 chip lacks specific functions that are essential to Quartz Extreme. (Note that contrary to common belief, the amount of VRAM is not the issue.)

Your only way around this is to replace the graphics card with one that does support Quartz Extreme. I suggest some member of the ATI Radeon series. You'll need one, specifically for Mac, that supports AGP 2X.

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Apr 25, 2006, 02:42 PM
 
The Radeon 7000 at minimum will enable Quartz Extreme. I'll have one for sale in a couple days when my Radeon 8500 comes in ... email me at mdstaben@icehouse.net if you're interested. (Sawtooth w/ 1.8Gz Gigadesigns)
     
   
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