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beige G3 10.2 PCI radeon
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monkpea
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Jul 25, 2002, 05:05 PM
 
I am wondering whether to upgrade to 10.2, looked at the specs on apples web site:
Quartz Extreme functionality is supported by the following video cards: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX, GeForce3, GeForce4 MX, or GeForce4 Ti; Any AGP-based ATI RADEON card. A minimum of 16MB VRAM is required.

I have a PCI radeon 32mb card, was it a waste of money?

Will I get any advantage from this card?

Grrrrr.

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jfinete
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Jul 25, 2002, 08:11 PM
 
The PCI Radeon will not benefit from Quartz Extreme. However, your Radeon is not a waste. It will give you a much better gaming experience.

In addition, Quartz Extreme is an optional feature of OS 10.2. There are several other performance improvements in Jaguar that your Mac will benefit from.
     
Dan Szwarc
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Jul 26, 2002, 07:19 AM
 
Time to upgrade that beige beast to something with AGP!
Dan
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monkpea  (op)
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Jul 26, 2002, 12:55 PM
 
I know, I know...

And it is a beast.

It's a shame though since 10.1 is pretty much fine, 10.2 is supposed to be faster, and I want to wait untill apple release the G5 or similar.

ho hum
     
OreoCookie
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Jul 26, 2002, 03:33 PM
 
If you can work with your beige G3, then do so and wait till the G5. I am doing the same thing (iBook G3 600 MHz).

Wait till it pays off to get a new machine.
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Jul 27, 2002, 02:52 AM
 
Me too! I also have a beige that I bought before I went to college back in '98....Aug. 13 better get here quick...grrrrrrrr....I want some new hardware that will provide as much value for me as my Beige 266/AV tower :o
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