New Dual Platform Graphics Card from ATI
Posted by oddcrap on 21 August 2005 - 18:50 · 8 comments & 1828 views
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#1 Posted by Carlson-online on 21 Aug 2005 - 18:55
- hmm, shame this aint a X000 gen card......
o well least ATi are doing summet bout the mac/pc gap. they shud have this in all there cards!
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#2 Posted by Liquid on 21 Aug 2005 - 18:57
- I wonder why they did this. Hmmmm, Mac OSx86 ? Yup.
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#2.1 Posted by Enigma-Penguin on 21 Aug 2005 - 19:38
- No, this would be for standard apple hardware (PPC boards) with agp slots up to this point, not for normal x86 systems. Simply put the x86 systems don't need a mac bios to boot it just needs to normal pc bios on the card, the primary diference between mac and pc card is just the flash thats on the chip and the size of the rom chip (mac's needing a higher capacity rom chip). Whilst it's a shame its only a 9600, it might put an end to the shameless rip offs occuring around the globe for mac flashed cards.
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#3 Posted by denzilla on 21 Aug 2005 - 19:35
- Shoulda been a 9800Pro minimum.
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#4 Posted by Echelon Left on 21 Aug 2005 - 23:22
- Don't worry, the Dual-PCIe versions of the X800/X850's will be be coming soon (I hope).
http://www.ati.com/technology/crossfire/index.html
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going down to my local OEM supplier so I can pester the guys there with questions like: "hey, did you hear about ATI's Crossfire Platform" and "Can you order in a Crossfire MOBO for me" and "Why don't you styock Crossfire components?"
And then I'm going to salivate over my X850.
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#5 Posted by .weir on 22 Aug 2005 - 11:06
QUOTE This new graphics card from ATI is AGP 2.0 compliant and compatible with both AGP 4X and 8X systems such as Apple’s Power Mac G4 series.
Ummm, I'm pretty sure this a dated article, the G4's were replaced a looong time ago.-
#5.1 Posted by roadwarrior on 22 Aug 2005 - 13:24
- Uh, there are PLENTY of G4's still in operation out there. Their owners will be quite happy that ATI is releasing a new card that will work in their systems without modification. Most of ATI's other higher end cards won't.
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#6 Posted by LTD on 22 Aug 2005 - 12:33
- Uh . . . big deal. It's a 9600. Or is that good news?
This new graphics card from ATI is AGP 2.0 compliant and compatible with both AGP 4X and 8X systems such as Apple’s Power Mac G4 series. The card is bootable in either platform and software drivers are included for both. "By providing one card as a solution for two distinct platforms, ATI is making purchasing decisions easy for the computer user, said Rich Heye, Vice President, Desktop Discrete Graphics, ATI. "There is no confusion as to whether the card will work in a Mac or a PC, because the Radeon 9600 Pro PC and Mac Edition will provide incredible performance and image quality in both," As ultra-high resolution monitors have become increasingly popular for mainstream users, the dual-link functionality has become an important feature of graphics cards and ATI is unmatched in the consumer space at this price."
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