Joseph Zollo Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Halo for the Mac just came out and my friend with a 1.8Ghz G5 wants to upgrade his crappy video card from a 9600 to a 9800 Pro (or higher). My question is: can he buy a new ATI card with ADC/DVI instead of DVI/VGA? The Apple website doesn't offer much info regarding upgrading your video card. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Since when is the 9600 a "crappy" vide card" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Zollo Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 Since it doesn't run halo at decent framerates, thats when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 Runs fine with a 9600 on a PC! Damn macs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solarix Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 macs arnt really a gaming pc thats why they dont offer thazt much video card options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeR Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 I cant believe that it won't run with a decent frame rate, it runs very nice on my PC with a Radeon 9600Pro, and I'd think it would do the same on a Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokkolm Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 well for some people anything below 50fps is terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Zollo Posted December 27, 2003 Author Share Posted December 27, 2003 He barely gets decent framerates (nothing above 40), and when the action goes up, it goes to around 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frod Posted December 27, 2003 Share Posted December 27, 2003 probably just has his settings up too high. it has been confirmed that halo runs like crap on both pcs and macs on high settings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted December 28, 2003 Share Posted December 28, 2003 I don't think it's the graphics card, I think it's Halo itself. It does run like crap on both PC and Mac. Back to the question... to get a 9800 Pro with ADC/DVI you'd have to get it off eBay from someone who wants to get rid of it. Otherwise, you have to get it from ATI, which has DVI/VGA. https://buy.ati.com/shopati/product.asp?cat...sc=&country=USA $399 if you want it... no real reason for it to be more, ATI just figures they can charge more for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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