jpipitone Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 Hi all, I'd like to upgrade my current Gigabyte socket 478 motherboard to support the following while running OS X: 1) PCI-Express (MSI RX1600 TD256E 256mb) card to support Quartz and Core Image 2) Support for any resolution to support 1920x1200 (Apple Cinema Display 23inch) 3) Sound working 4) Network working 5) Firewire working Has anyone been able to accomplish these? What would be the best motherboard replacement that would support PCI Express as well as my P4 socket 478? - does anyone have any suggestions so I won't have to buy another CPU - I currently have a socket 478 P4. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18506-upgrading-current-hardware/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted May 28, 2006 Share Posted May 28, 2006 1) PCI-Express (MSI RX1600 TD256E 256mb) card to support Quartz and Core Image This sounds like a video card driver issue, as a change in motherboards will not change the situation. 2) Support for any resolution to support 1920x1200 (Apple Cinema Display 23inch) You can check the driver forum to figure out if either Omni's or NP_'s drivers support that resolution on DVI out. Otherwise, you could consider doing it with an ADD2-N card on GMA motherboard, but I do not think any of those are socket 478. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18506-upgrading-current-hardware/#findComment-120938 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpipitone Posted May 28, 2006 Author Share Posted May 28, 2006 Cool - well, the video card I have now is an ATI brand Radeon 9550 - however it is supposed to support Core Image and Quartz Extreme - however System Profiler says it does not. Also, the max resolution is 1280x1024 - on the box, however, it says that 1920x1200 should be supported. I'm just trying to figure out the cheapest way to build a system that supports my Cinema Display as well as Quartz and Core Image. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18506-upgrading-current-hardware/#findComment-120949 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bofors Posted May 29, 2006 Share Posted May 29, 2006 I caught some glaring typos in my post above that I have now fixed. Since you have an ATI 9550, you should be looking at the reports of people using Omni's Callisto driver. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/18506-upgrading-current-hardware/#findComment-121176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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