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GMA900 and a PCIE video card at the same? time?


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Hello

 

I'm going to get some hardware that'll allow me to install directly form a patched DVD in a few days.

 

Since I want quartz extreme support under OS X I'll have to use the integrated GMA900. The thing is, I want to use a PCIE video card under XP. I know that I can disable the GMA900 and use the PCIE card in windows, but can I do the same and disable the PCIE card under OS X?

 

I also have a TV tuner card that I'm sure wont be recognized by OS X, will it give me grief every time I boot from the lack of drivers?

 

Thanks.

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You can -only- use the GMA900 with a PCI video card. A PCIe video card will disable the on-board...this is from the specs on the 915G chipset on Intel's site.

 

A TV tuner in PCI-e would not disable onboard I don't think, but it won't work in OS X currently most likely.

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Yeah, sucks a bit... But, for normal OS X useage, that GMA900 is pretty fast. This computer is fairly screaming in my opinion. Going to get one of those ADD2-N PCI-e cards so I can do dual displays, though.

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