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don't worry the bracket doesnt really matter that...	463 Views / 1 Replies
don't worry the bracket doesnt really matter that much as long as the card is screwed in.
Posted by traktimino, on Sep 26, 2005 at 03:31 PM, in Mac Desktops

boy is this thread off topic... back to dual...	1,527 Views / 33 Replies
boy is this thread off topic... back to dual processors, they're not for everyone but they're excellent to have if you work in the creative sector. They speed up photoshop quite a lot. Frankly I...
Posted by traktimino, on Sep 4, 2005 at 11:26 PM, in Mac Desktops

Well for one thing xBench is very inaccurate...	555 Views / 1 Replies
Well for one thing xBench is very inaccurate especially for graphics testing. Another thing is that the PCI bus is very slow for graphics so PCI cards tend to be signifigantly slower than AGP...
Posted by traktimino, on Jun 18, 2005 at 01:41 PM, in Mac Desktops

it should work fine, if you adjust the jumpers...	748 Views / 3 Replies
it should work fine, if you adjust the jumpers accordingly
Posted by traktimino, on Mar 20, 2005 at 03:30 PM, in Hardware Hacking

I have one of the original gigadesigns dual 1.2...	1,926 Views / 22 Replies
I have one of the original gigadesigns dual 1.2 ghz cards, and apart from being rather noisy it's great; fast and rock solid.I think the newer models are quieter
Posted by traktimino, on Mar 12, 2005 at 01:51 PM, in Mac Desktops

you have a good point although I beleive it was...	582 Views / 1 Replies
you have a good point although I beleive it was done this way for function rather than form as slot load drives tend to be slower and more expensive than standard ones.
Posted by traktimino, on Mar 12, 2005 at 01:49 PM, in Mac Desktops

I would recommend a genuine ATI card (since the...	1,395 Views / 21 Replies
I would recommend a genuine ATI card (since the Radeon 9800 mac edition pretty much is a genuine ATI card with some slight differences) but any card that follows the standard ATI board layout oughta...
Posted by traktimino, on Dec 28, 2004 at 05:10 PM, in Mac Desktops

i had a 9800 in my dual 1.2 ghz sawtooth ( now a...	1,395 Views / 21 Replies
i had a 9800 in my dual 1.2 ghz sawtooth ( now a DA) and it was really great. With the processor you have now you won't get an increase in framerates but you will be able to up the res and use FSAA...
Posted by traktimino, on Dec 27, 2004 at 03:32 PM, in Mac Desktops

dude, i love you it's about time somebody...	1,802 Views / 27 Replies
dude, i love you it's about time somebody has gone about making a good mac modding site. the ones out there are all pretty bad. I know of a lot of good mods floating around on the internet that do...
Posted by traktimino, on Dec 25, 2004 at 11:51 PM, in Hardware Hacking

my 9800's flashed, great card. I bought mine that...	2,229 Views / 26 Replies
my 9800's flashed, great card. I bought mine that way, however that was before the reduced ROM was avaliabe.
Posted by traktimino, on Nov 8, 2004 at 06:21 PM, in Hardware Hacking

sorry that radeon won't work either as it's the...	2,229 Views / 26 Replies
sorry that radeon won't work either as it's the PC version, it has to say mac edition on the box, like in the link I sent you. The cheapest place to get this card now is really ebay . If your...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 29, 2004 at 03:42 PM, in Hardware Hacking

no! that card won't work!!!! There are several...	2,229 Views / 26 Replies
no! that card won't work!!!! There are several different versions of the radeon 9800 pro card that work on the mac, and the one you are looking at is the "special edition." It uses AGP pro and only...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 28, 2004 at 03:36 PM, in Hardware Hacking

I have done the exact thing that you're planning...	2,229 Views / 26 Replies
I have done the exact thing that you're planning to do. I bought a sawtooth off ebay for under $500. At the time it was 400 mhz, 512 megs RAM, and 70 gigs. First thing I did was boost the RAM a bit ...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 27, 2004 at 03:45 PM, in Hardware Hacking

The fastest video card you can out in a sawtooth...	3,030 Views / 35 Replies
The fastest video card you can out in a sawtooth is a radeon 9800 pro. As for wireless g adapters theres airport, or airport exreme, or plenty of other ones that are out there. I definetaly like giga...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 26, 2004 at 05:00 PM, in Hardware Hacking

PCI-x is backwards compatible with PCI but only...	1,424 Views / 3 Replies
PCI-x is backwards compatible with PCI but only with PCI cards that use 3.3 volts as opposed to 5 volts. Card that use 5 volts will not fit in the PCI-X slot for god reason. If you cut the card and...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 19, 2004 at 04:07 PM, in Hardware Hacking

also if what your saying is true then games that...	1,056 Views / 5 Replies
also if what your saying is true then games that only work on one head would only show up on half of the display
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 17, 2004 at 06:35 PM, in Mac Desktops

from what your saying it sounds like if you...	1,056 Views / 5 Replies
from what your saying it sounds like if you plugged in two 30 inch displays into the 6800 it would need to have 4 heads
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 17, 2004 at 06:33 PM, in Mac Desktops

a couple of questions, couldn't it just be...	3,812 Views / 7 Replies
a couple of questions, couldn't it just be flashed with the reduced 9800 rom so the resistor mod and chip swap would be unecessary? are all 256 mb vram recognized and utilized?
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 17, 2004 at 06:19 PM, in Hardware Hacking

could you do this with the 30 inch display?	1,056 Views / 5 Replies
Since DDL DVI is just two DVI plugs in one (right?) wouldn't it be possible to use a dual head card that has two digital outputs with some sort of adapter to drive the display? It would be kind of...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 16, 2004 at 05:19 PM, in Mac Desktops

on the PC side the 6800 is a better card for...	1,487 Views / 19 Replies
on the PC side the 6800 is a better card for everything openGL thanks to nvidias superior drivers. Theoretically it should perform a lot better than the x800 since macs use only opengl. However at...
Posted by traktimino, on Oct 16, 2004 at 05:11 PM, in Mac Desktops

dude everybody discriminates against mac and most...	707 Views / 8 Replies
dude everybody discriminates against mac and most of the time it isnt there fault. It's microsoft and there damn monopoly
Posted by traktimino, on Sep 14, 2004 at 04:10 PM, in MacNN Lounge

there is a way to do it with the regular 9600...	929 Views / 8 Replies
there is a way to do it with the regular 9600 that just requires taping some pins on the agp. If it doesnt use agp pro ( like the fx 5200) it will most likely work.
Posted by traktimino, on Sep 13, 2004 at 03:38 PM, in Mac Desktops

I don't think it's been done before... but if...	1,377 Views / 3 Replies
I don't think it's been done before... but if your will ing to fry your card and possibly the rest of your computer search for AGP 4x pinout on google make sure you have the right pinout then somehow...
Posted by traktimino, on Sep 1, 2004 at 03:04 PM, in Hardware Hacking

sorry but that won't work. It doesn't draw enough...	1,377 Views / 3 Replies
sorry but that won't work. It doesn't draw enough power but it's becasue the AGP 2x slot on the gigabit motherboard doesn't provide it. To fix the problem you'll need a motherboard with 4x AGP or one...
Posted by traktimino, on Aug 27, 2004 at 06:22 PM, in Hardware Hacking

WTB Powermac G4 MDD power supply!	407 Views / 0 Replies
I want to buy a mdd power supply as mine has died. I don't mind if it's the wind tunnel one or the quiet one as long as it works. This is a great opprotunity for anybody with their old wind tunnel...
Posted by traktimino, on Aug 26, 2004 at 09:26 PM, in Marketplace

Since the pc version of the card gets all of it's...	1,122 Views / 9 Replies
Since the pc version of the card gets all of it's power through the AGP socket, the mac version should do the same. So removing the ADC tab shouldnt be a problem. I recommend you keep it close at...
Posted by traktimino, on May 28, 2004 at 03:48 PM, in Mac Desktops

a dual processor really owns a single in every...	1,205 Views / 11 Replies
a dual processor really owns a single in every aspect
Posted by traktimino, on May 25, 2004 at 04:48 PM, in Mac Desktops

a company called Geethree makes one specifically...	1,160 Views / 2 Replies
a company called Geethree makes one specifically for the mac, with various flash card readers, USB and Firewire. However it is very expensive and it just relocates the prots instead of giving new...
Posted by traktimino, on May 24, 2004 at 03:52 PM, in Hardware Hacking

currently you cannot. The single processor...	731 Views / 3 Replies
currently you cannot. The single processor machines only have a single processor bus ( connector) on the motherboard. However eventually when the g5s begin to become obsolete ( a very long time) 3rd...
Posted by traktimino, on May 24, 2004 at 03:47 PM, in Mac Desktops

well obviously dual processors are really much...	1,052 Views / 9 Replies
well obviously dual processors are really much faster than single, a dual g5 would seriously own an imac. but it really depends what your doing, an imac is deffinetely sufficient for photoshop but a...
Posted by traktimino, on May 16, 2004 at 07:14 PM, in Mac Desktops

u could flash a pc radeon 8500 ( $50 on ebay) but...	957 Views / 6 Replies
u could flash a pc radeon 8500 ( $50 on ebay) but it takes some modification to get it to fit. Theres an article on xlr8yourmac that tells how to do it. Oh yeah, I definetaly recomend the powerlogix...
Posted by traktimino, on May 9, 2004 at 02:13 PM, in Hardware Hacking

1) There are plenty of cards that can be flashed...	1,421 Views / 19 Replies
1) There are plenty of cards that can be flashed and tthe success rate is very high 2) who cares ? 3) only a couple of threads have been banned, no big deal. I recommend flashing a radeon 8500,...
Posted by traktimino, on May 9, 2004 at 02:08 PM, in Hardware Hacking

lol buy another ticket and put it on the seat...	1,726 Views / 23 Replies
lol buy another ticket and put it on the seat next to ya
Posted by traktimino, on Apr 21, 2004 at 04:09 PM, in Mac Desktops

it does sound like a heat problem to me, hmm now...	1,973 Views / 34 Replies
it does sound like a heat problem to me, hmm now where to go from here
Posted by traktimino, on Apr 21, 2004 at 04:05 PM, in Mac Desktops

it should be possible but not without some...	678 Views / 2 Replies
it should be possible but not without some modification... the bus speed settings on the QS processor module are different than the sawtooth, QS is 133 mhz while sawtooth is 100. Changing this...
Posted by traktimino, on Apr 20, 2004 at 05:34 PM, in Hardware Hacking

if u upgrade the graphics card it will probably...	755 Views / 5 Replies
if u upgrade the graphics card it will probably feel snappier hraphicswise, like smoother genie effects and stuff, but otherwise things will still be the same speed. Of course if u game a lot then u...
Posted by traktimino, on Apr 5, 2004 at 09:07 PM, in Mac Desktops

definately go for the upgrade. I just got a dual...	841 Views / 9 Replies
definately go for the upgrade. I just got a dual 1.2 ghz upgrade from gigadesigns, and it rox! Everything is a lot faster and smoother and the noise and heat are fine. It took me five mins to...
Posted by traktimino, on Apr 3, 2004 at 12:34 PM, in Mac Desktops

powerlogix or gigadesigns ?	728 Views / 7 Replies
I can't decide between the powerlogix dual 1.2 or the gigadesigns dual 1.2 for my sawtooth. Im kinda leening towards the powerlogix because it uses the newer revision of G4 that produces less heat....
Posted by traktimino, on Mar 1, 2004 at 08:28 PM, in Mac Desktops

FS imac G3 600 mhz, 40 gis, 384mbs RAM, panther!	387 Views / 0 Replies
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2789443869&category=4603 under $400 check it out!
Posted by traktimino, on Feb 27, 2004 at 04:47 PM, in Marketplace

WTB: a DVIator	451 Views / 0 Replies
Im lookin for a DVIator or Gefen DVI to ADC converter. Not interested in the apple DVI to ADC adapter. contact me [email protected]
Posted by traktimino, on Feb 11, 2004 at 05:07 PM, in Marketplace

hmmm u really think the OWC 1.4 would be better?...	940 Views / 15 Replies
hmmm u really think the OWC 1.4 would be better? i looked around on the forums and everybody else seems to recommend duals. I mean im not really trying to save money ;-) dont worry ill ignore them,...
Posted by traktimino, on Feb 10, 2004 at 08:20 PM, in Mac Desktops

will an upgraded sawtooth rock or not	940 Views / 15 Replies
i need to update my good old sawtooth and my budget isn't that small. here is what i'm planning to get dual 1.2 ghz gigadesigns upgrade radeon 9000 maxtor 60 gig HD 512 mb of ram ( I aalready...
Posted by traktimino, on Feb 10, 2004 at 07:42 PM, in Mac Desktops

ADC on sawtooth	685 Views / 3 Replies
I have sawtooth system with a radeon 9000 i want to use a CRT studio display ADC with it. however no power goes to the ADC port in the card because the Sawtooth motherboard doesnt have the necessary...
Posted by traktimino, on Feb 6, 2004 at 04:09 PM, in Mac Desktops

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