Wicky Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 This look like an interesting development for folk with 'older' macs looking to upgrade when CMX comes out - Sadly doesn't look it'll work in OS9 for 'classic' CM - Prices reflecting PC rather than the mark upped mac cards as is at present which is good. http://www.xlr8yourmac.com ATI 256MB 9600 Pro Mac/PC Model (dual ROM Mac/PC support) - (Updated earlier posting with confirmation on 4x AGP G4 tower compatibility and Dual DVI ports.) A reader recently sent a link to a buy.com page that listed (not in stock) a Mac and PC (one model/product number) 9600 Pro 256MB AGP graphics card for just under $200. My first reaction was that it was a typo, since in the past Mac models have a different product/model number/packaging etc. and mistakes like that have happened in the past at some vendors. As of this morning there was no info at ATI's site yet on a Mac 256MB/9600 model (only the original G5 OEM 9600/64MB model). So I wrote a contact at ATI to ask about this and he replied it is a new model that has Mac and PC support. (I hope this is a trend for the future.) "That's not a typo. That's our brand new mainstream product. PC & Mac compatible. With support for Apple's 30" display on both PC and Mac. Ships with Mac and Windows software in the box and should support Linux with driver download. It has a special ROM structure and the ability to dual-boot designed into it. " I asked if it was shipping soon and when ATI's Mac products page or Press releases page would be updated to include the new model: "It's gone out to production and boxes should be in the process of being packed. It's been announced to the channel in preparation for a public announcement. Stores aren't supposed to be listing it yet in any publications though. Web content has been prepared for it and will be live when it's officially announced. It's AGP 4x and for Windows I believe requires a minimum of Windows 2K (XP SP2 recommended). For the Mac I think we're supporting 10.3.x minimum (Tiger recommended)..." From the 4x AGP comment I assumed it was compatible with Digital Audio, Quicksilver and MDD Mac towers and was told that's correct. (Earlier 100MHz bus G4 Towers like the Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet models have 2x AGP slots and can't use the card.) Since it's a PC/Mac product, it has Dual DVI ports (no ADC port). It's based on the OEM 9650 card I'm told. [ August 09, 2005, 03:57 PM: Message edited by: Wicky ] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 A 9600 pro will probably be able to run CMx2 but is a pretty slow card by today's standards. Also, it certainly is not fast enough to make use of 256 MB. If you get the extra memory for free, no problem, but don't pay extra money for it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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