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Best PCI graphics card?
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Velocity211
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Mar 27, 2006, 10:47 PM
 
I have an ATI Radeon 9000 PCI and looking for some more power, what's the best graphics card I can get with a PCI interface?
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Mar 28, 2006, 12:10 AM
 
9000 is it for PCI with Macs...
     
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Mar 28, 2006, 01:10 AM
 
Hmm... I thought it was the 9200. Is that wrong or has the 9200 been discontinued, leaving only the 9000?

I have a 9200 in my dual 2.7 to run a third display and it does fine (for a third display, ya know...).

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Mar 28, 2006, 02:19 AM
 
9200, correct. The 9000 is AGP.
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Mar 28, 2006, 02:54 AM
 
The OP claims to have a 9000 PCI, and at least on the Wintel side, the 9000 is faster than the 9200.
     
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Mar 31, 2006, 04:55 AM
 
The 9200 is basically just a 9000 that can handle AGP 8x. The difference between a PCI 9200 and a flashed PCI 9000 (the only way the OP would have a Mac compatible PCI 9000) would probably be negligle when you take into account the PCI bottleneck.
     
   
 
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