ATI Radeon 9600 XT PC in a Mac?


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Is it possible to put a Radeon 9600 XT PC in a Mac? If so how would i go about doing this? Firmware update? some type of Hack? If its not compatible what would happen if i did it? Would it fry the card or would it just not work? Also What would you recommend and how big of a difference would it make right now i have 768 MB of Ram in my Mac. Would it be worth taking the 512 stick out of my PC and put it in my mac so have 2 512 sticks for a gig and have the PC have 256 MB of ram from the mac? I have a Dual Powermac 867 MHz G4 Mirror Door.

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hmm would anyone happen to know where i would beable to get the firmware? or intructions on how to do this. The mac and PC both have AGP and its a AGP card so i dont think the connector should matter as far as the screen connector i use the DVI so i dont need the ADC connector.

hmm would anyone happen to know where i would beable to get the firmware? or intructions on how to do this. The mac and PC both have AGP and its a AGP card so i dont think the connector should matter as far as the screen connector i use the DVI so i dont need the ADC connector.

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A Google search for "Mac ATI flash" will probably turn up some good results for you.

Hi, I found this site http://www.cubeowner.com/forums//index.php?showtopic=8798 and I was wondering if anyone knew. It says the Instructions are the same as flashing the 8500 but does that also mean the same Firmware? I looked on ati's site at the firmware and it lists the following cards.

RADEON MAC EDITION (PCI and AGP)

RADEON 7000 MAC EDITION

RADEON 8500 MAC EDITION

RADEON 9000 MAC EDITION

RADEON 9200 MAC EDITION

RADEON 9800 PRO MAC EDITION

RADEON 9800 PRO MAC SPECIAL EDITION

Nothing about the 9600 XT. I can't find a ROM update for that anywhere.

The document says that they have had high success rates with the 9600 XT PC version. But i didn't want to go ahead and do it yet because the ROM update page doesnt list the 9600 XT so i didnt want to use something that wasnt compatible. But the flashing instructions they say are the same as the 8500 so maybe that means the ROM is the same?

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