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Flashing a video card is a very experimental...	1,577 Views / 14 Replies
Flashing a video card is a very experimental process. Expect it to take more time than you allot. Check the strangedogs forums for instructions for the 9800 cards. You will have to register to get...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 27, 2006 at 03:34 AM, in Mac Desktops

If I recall correctly only the 64mb radeon 8500...	1,577 Views / 14 Replies
If I recall correctly only the 64mb radeon 8500 was flashable. Is the memory on that card in an L shape around the GPU core? The 9800's are usually available used locally through something like...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 26, 2006 at 05:04 PM, in Mac Desktops

It doesn't make any sense as to why Apple choose...	28,227 Views / 55 Replies
It doesn't make any sense as to why Apple choose the GMA950. As far as integrated GPU's go the Nvidia 6150 or ATI x200 offer far more performance and a more compatible opengl implementation so that...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 26, 2006 at 03:40 AM, in Mac Desktops

I think Apple will do one of two things: ...	2,848 Views / 27 Replies
I think Apple will do one of two things: Release new Mac Pro's at MacWorld with a single processor model at the bottom end (costing $1999) using the new QX to get quad core in a cheaper machine,...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 26, 2006 at 03:00 AM, in Mac Desktops

It is running in a G4 "Digital Audio" tower. I...	1,577 Views / 14 Replies
It is running in a G4 "Digital Audio" tower. I taped off the pins to turn it into a 4x AGP card. I bought the card locally from a craigslist post. I guess it did technically cost $10 in fuel to...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 25, 2006 at 12:13 AM, in Mac Desktops

That 7300GT would probably not work. If it did...	1,577 Views / 14 Replies
That 7300GT would probably not work. If it did work, it would require a mac version of a 7300GT bios to be compatible and available, a 128k bios chip (most PC cards have 64k chips, so this requires...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 23, 2006 at 05:22 AM, in Mac Desktops

I figured as much, and the Mini is definitely a...	2,996 Views / 49 Replies
I figured as much, and the Mini is definitely a great buy. I just don't know if I want to move all of my internal HDD's from the G4 into external usb enclosures, loose a great video card like the...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 20, 2006 at 04:08 AM, in Mac Desktops

I'm currently on a Digital Audio that I've...	2,996 Views / 49 Replies
I'm currently on a Digital Audio that I've overclocked to 533mhz, added 768mb ram, a 120GB hdd and modded an ATI X800 Pro to work in it. Overall its a very nice OSX machine. Cost me a smidge over...
Posted by fleaplus, on Dec 19, 2006 at 02:55 AM, in Mac Desktops

From Dell's Website about their laptops: ...	6,282 Views / 54 Replies
From Dell's Website about their laptops: Although I recall some people mentioning the 945M chipset having a 4GB limitation itself, so neither the iMac or MacBook Pro will be able to address the...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 18, 2006 at 03:04 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Back in September 2003 I purchased a first...	17,488 Views / 224 Replies
Back in September 2003 I purchased a first generation 15" AlBook, which at the time was just a couple of days old and was able to get the $200 off ipod deal with it.
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 12, 2006 at 03:04 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Back when apple made the switch from the 604e to...	1,036 Views / 10 Replies
Back when apple made the switch from the 604e to the G3 and beyond, they continued to support the old machines up until OS9.1 or so, which was about 3 years after their last revisions.
Posted by fleaplus, on Aug 23, 2006 at 11:30 PM, in Mac Desktops

The important part is that now they are offering...	2,740 Views / 17 Replies
The important part is that now they are offering this as an option for the Mac Pro. If you wanted an upgraded PCIe video card for the G5, they would only sell it as a spare part, so even the 7800GT...
Posted by fleaplus, on Aug 20, 2006 at 02:40 AM, in Mac Desktops

Apple is currently selling the X1900 XT upgrade...	2,740 Views / 17 Replies
Apple is currently selling the X1900 XT upgrade kit on their website, with a lead time of three to five weeks, for $499. Eventually, Apple Retail Stores, possibly CompUSA and Micro Center, should...
Posted by fleaplus, on Aug 18, 2006 at 07:57 PM, in Mac Desktops

You might try calling a Micro Center if you have...	839 Views / 5 Replies
You might try calling a Micro Center if you have one in your area. Mine had a closeout 6800GT DDL Apple OEM upgrade kit for only $222.90 when I got mine last month. Its an exceptional video card for...
Posted by fleaplus, on Feb 26, 2006 at 12:59 PM, in Mac Desktops

I dare you to run Doom 3 at high settings on that...	3,827 Views / 38 Replies
I dare you to run Doom 3 at high settings on that new dual platform Radeon 9600 w/256mb! That being said, I think that the MBP/iMac should have no problems hitting medium settings @ native resolution...
Posted by fleaplus, on Feb 23, 2006 at 12:51 AM, in Gaming

Ygpm	966 Views / 23 Replies
Ygpm
Posted by fleaplus, on Feb 9, 2006 at 04:55 PM, in Marketplace

The keys are interchangeable between the mac and...	695 Views / 2 Replies
The keys are interchangeable between the mac and pc version but unlike WOW, MacSoft Games did the port and owns the rights vs. Epic for the PC Version, so it would still be illegal to use it that...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 26, 2006 at 01:54 AM, in Gaming

I ordered two of theseKingston brand...	1,182 Views / 11 Replies
I ordered two of theseKingston brand (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820144183) ram for my Dell Inspiron 9300 a while back. Although this GSkill brand...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 21, 2006 at 10:19 AM, in Mac Desktops

Xbench Results...	1,182 Views / 11 Replies
Xbench Results (http://db.xbench.com/search.xhtml?text=tiamat) These are two Xbenches I ran with and without the DDR2-4200 chip installed. As you can see, the memory performance is affected around...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 20, 2006 at 11:39 PM, in Mac Desktops

My iMac would only start up when I used memory...	1,479 Views / 19 Replies
My iMac would only start up when I used memory sticks rated at the same speed. 2x1GB DDR2-4200 worked, for instance, but using 1x1GB DDR2-4200 and the apple oem 512mb DDR2-5300 did not work,...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 20, 2006 at 10:12 PM, in Mac Desktops

How can I tell? I score a 95 overall and 91 on...	1,479 Views / 19 Replies
How can I tell? I score a 95 overall and 91 on memory with xbench if that matters? Maybe I could run that handbrake program that everyone talks about, once with each type of memory?
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 20, 2006 at 10:09 PM, in Mac Desktops

Because DDR2-4200 is much cheaper and more...	1,479 Views / 19 Replies
Because DDR2-4200 is much cheaper and more readily available. Since its an intel chipset it can support all the lovely memory dividers that PC's have enjoyed for years.
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 20, 2006 at 01:15 PM, in Mac Desktops

My iMac Intel 17" definitely does have a ghosting...	1,479 Views / 19 Replies
My iMac Intel 17" definitely does have a ghosting effect with the mouse cursor. I hooked up a 17" Studio Display CRT onto the DVI port and noticed no ghosting trails on it, so this must be an issue...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 20, 2006 at 01:12 AM, in Mac Desktops

Was the machine using a bluetooth wireless mouse?...	1,479 Views / 19 Replies
Was the machine using a bluetooth wireless mouse? Or maybe did it have the tracking speed set too high that the attached mouse couldn't physically handle. Personally, I use a Kensington...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jan 19, 2006 at 10:15 PM, in Mac Desktops

I would have bought a G5 Dual Tower + LCD if I...	18,595 Views / 381 Replies
I would have bought a G5 Dual Tower + LCD if I could have afforded it. Try to go for a faster processor model though if you go for it. After checking out a few game reviews from PC side, it looks...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 14, 2005 at 10:28 PM, in Mac Desktops

It might not be WOW, but I have had some pretty...	18,595 Views / 381 Replies
It might not be WOW, but I have had some pretty good UT2004 results under OSX. In Onslaught mode, the fps never dips below 20, and hovers between 70 and 90. This is with all normal settings, all...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 14, 2005 at 08:43 PM, in Mac Desktops

If you can afford it, shoot for 2GB or 1.5GB for...	1,247 Views / 17 Replies
If you can afford it, shoot for 2GB or 1.5GB for now and an additional 1GB later. My friend had a 512mb Patriot brand DDR400 stick sitting around, so I put it into my iMac. Somehow OSX has _still_...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 12, 2005 at 06:13 PM, in Mac Desktops

I was down at the Apple Store Cherry Creek in...	1,247 Views / 17 Replies
I was down at the Apple Store Cherry Creek in Denver today exchanging the iBook I bought last week for an iMac. There were quite a few people checking out the nano's, but it seemed like the other...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 11, 2005 at 02:18 AM, in Mac Desktops

I wouldn't be suprised if they replaced the 12"...	660 Views / 1 Replies
I wouldn't be suprised if they replaced the 12" Powerbook with a 13" Widescreen Powerbook. Either way, even the current iteration of the 12" Powerbook is much better at gaming and encoding. For some...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 8, 2005 at 09:27 PM, in Mac Notebooks

It sounds like the hard drive is damaged. A...	676 Views / 1 Replies
It sounds like the hard drive is damaged. A telltale sign is if you can hear loud clicking or thunking when the computer begins to stall. Try booting off of the OSX install cd with the option key...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 5, 2005 at 10:03 PM, in Mac Notebooks

These new iBooks are pretty amazing. I got a 12"...	1,090 Views / 10 Replies
These new iBooks are pretty amazing. I got a 12" 1.33ghz to replace my 1ghz AlBook, and its pretty in every aspect except video card. The processor is faster, and runs cooler, so I can use it on my...
Posted by fleaplus, on Sep 4, 2005 at 09:39 PM, in Mac Notebooks

It is not beyond apple's capabilities to do such...	2,186 Views / 42 Replies
It is not beyond apple's capabilities to do such a rewire, but chances are it will only a 32MB FX5200 so this GPU upgrade won't solve the real problem. A speed bump and maybe dual ram slots if...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jul 23, 2005 at 04:20 PM, in Mac Desktops

I guess that the problem was Tiger. I downgraded...	879 Views / 5 Replies
I guess that the problem was Tiger. I downgraded to Panther today and all of the game demos I have tried have worked correctly. I originally tried Halo, UT2004, Call of Duty, XIII, BF1942, and...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jul 21, 2005 at 05:01 PM, in Gaming

Get a 6800 if you can afford it (and atleast at...	841 Views / 7 Replies
Get a 6800 if you can afford it (and atleast at the apple store here, they didn't mind me installing a few game demos on their 30" Cinema + G5 setup, since that machine always has the 6800 card, so...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jul 21, 2005 at 03:29 PM, in Gaming

Nothing so far. I'm still using the 256mb Apple...	879 Views / 5 Replies
Nothing so far. I'm still using the 256mb Apple included with the mini; but it will probably be upgraded to 1GB if I can get Halo working.
Posted by fleaplus, on Jul 20, 2005 at 12:38 AM, in Gaming

Halo Demo + Tiger problems on Mac mini	879 Views / 5 Replies
I know this game is a bit old but I thought i'd pick it up (Compusa has it for $29.99 locally now!) if the demo ran good on my Mac mini. I downloaded the demo (here:...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jul 19, 2005 at 02:42 PM, in Gaming

If a revision of an Intel mac mini could use the...	24,556 Views / 391 Replies
If a revision of an Intel mac mini could use the latest intel integrated graphics and instead have two ram slots (since the intel GPU would eat into system ram, and it would leave more pcb space) i'd...
Posted by fleaplus, on Jun 27, 2005 at 03:32 PM, in Mac Desktops

My friend has a 100GB momentus in his compaq, and...	1,260 Views / 22 Replies
My friend has a 100GB momentus in his compaq, and it doesn't make noise or access the drive randomly like that. These drives are supposed to have a 5 year warranty on them, so see if seagate will...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 29, 2005 at 02:44 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Parking has been crazy at my apartment complex...	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
Parking has been crazy at my apartment complex also. People will make 5-10 laps around the apartments just so they don't have to walk from the expanded parking on the north side of the complex that...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 28, 2005 at 04:19 PM, in Mac Notebooks

At this point the hard drive has been completely...	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
At this point the hard drive has been completely replaced by a different 40GB drive. The machine would lock up when coming out of sleep. The display would show the screen with everything minus the...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 26, 2005 at 05:07 PM, in Mac Notebooks

Yeah, it could have been avoided but the outcome...	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
Yeah, it could have been avoided but the outcome is really the best it could have been. If I would have closed the screen, it would now be ruined and the machine would be useless as a laptop. To...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 25, 2005 at 02:17 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I took the whole thing apart again and pounded...	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
I took the whole thing apart again and pounded the dent out. Now sleep mode doesn't freeze and the airport card works again. (I took care to keep the antenna from being peirced when I put the upper...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 25, 2005 at 01:37 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, we did take the machine to the apple store...	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
Well, we did take the machine to the apple store before opening it up. They said it would be a tier 3 repair, and would cost around $700. I guess I hate aluminum because because it has proven to...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 24, 2005 at 05:29 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I Hate Aluminum	9,395 Views / 77 Replies
So on Thursday my friend dropped a desktop hard drive onto my powerbook. It now has a nice big dent in the aluminum right above the trackpad and the 60GB hdd it came with is dented also. My Dented...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 24, 2005 at 03:47 AM, in Mac Notebooks

Well, the time difference (21st vs. 22nd) isn't...	890 Views / 4 Replies
Well, the time difference (21st vs. 22nd) isn't much at all, so the supplier could have truely been out of stock of the drive. However its disappointing that a major service center would be out of a...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 20, 2005 at 05:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks

I run the Onslaught mode at 640x480 with...	714 Views / 2 Replies
I run the Onslaught mode at 640x480 with otherwise default settings and it runs around 20-30fps, with occasional lag. It doesn't keep me from beating up my friends or the bots though. I bet it would...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 19, 2005 at 12:39 PM, in Mac Desktops

Poll: My beef with the release cycle is that Windows...	2,163 Views / 29 Replies
My beef with the release cycle is that Windows users have only had to upgrade once since 2002 or so (thats when XP was released, right?) while OSX has gone through 2 or 3 updates like this. Right...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 6, 2005 at 12:18 AM, in Mac Desktops

Hmmm, well that makes sense. When I get audited I...	1,108 Views / 21 Replies
Hmmm, well that makes sense. When I get audited I can just pay the $20. I definitely didn't want to rip them off, since the mini is already such a good deal. But I see how they would want to limit...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 5, 2005 at 06:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

There is a limit of one machine a year? That is...	1,108 Views / 21 Replies
There is a limit of one machine a year? That is funny, since I bought a mac mini 1.42ghz back in February and got a $50 discount on it, and just bought another 1.25ghz mini last week and got a $20...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 5, 2005 at 05:35 PM, in Mac Notebooks

I wonder if Tiger will help improve low end...	2,804 Views / 29 Replies
I wonder if Tiger will help improve low end performance? I haven't even tried Doom 3 yet on PC or Mac, but for people like me who have older hardware like the Radeon 9600 Mobility it would be nice to...
Posted by fleaplus, on Apr 4, 2005 at 09:16 PM, in Gaming

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