TheBigBentley Posted July 6, 2006 Share Posted July 6, 2006 Hello Ive posted a few questions and never got any responses so im not gonna hold my breath on this one either, especially since the situation I'm in. I have an IBM ThinkCentre 2.4Ghz 512Mb Ram. Everything works except the obvious 865G Graphics chipset. The problem is my only other option is a pci card. Not PCI-Express. Just the old PCI. All Im looking for is getting past this 1024x768 Resolution. I tried a Radeon 7500 that performeded like garbage and wasnt able to get the calisto drivers working so I just gave up on that. So all I'm Looking for is a PCI Graphics card thats cheap performs at least as good as my 865G chipset wich runs fine just i cant stand 1024x768. Could anyone give me some tips on the best card to get? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvr Posted July 8, 2006 Share Posted July 8, 2006 I dont' know why people won't reply, I guess they don't care. I have a problem like this. I am not going to go Macvidia since I had to reinstall twice on them and I want a nice PCI card to run in tangent with my AGP card so that when I go to windows I have the AGP for games. I just need a Macbook experience, no gaming but QE and stuff for video, dvd, etc. Something cheap. I can't seem to find the GMA 950 as a true video card with sucks. People, REPLY and help us out please. Don't be snobs and not reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBentley Posted July 8, 2006 Author Share Posted July 8, 2006 yeah i dont understand why no one replies around here either. I must have posted about 10 questions and not a single person replies with anything remotly usefull. Makes me wonder if anyone around here actually has any idea what there doing.luckly ive managed to resolve 99 percent of my issues myself but I am still tring to find a cheap campatable pci card. well maybe ill do some random purchases at my local computer fair next month and see how it fans out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJaymez Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I don't know, but perhaps a radeon 8500? There looks to be a full set of ATI radeon 8500 drivers. There are also drivers for the rage128. If I were a betting man, I would bet a radeon 7000 would be supported under the 8500 driver umbrella. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ7 Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I don't know how important it is that you use a PCI card, but I had problems with my video and ended up buying a ATi X700 Pro 256mb card from Fry's Electronics. It cost me $99, but the patch is very simple and it works great. Just my 2 cents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJaymez Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 I don't know how important it is that you use a PCI card, but I had problems with my video and ended up buying a ATi X700 Pro 256mb card from Fry's Electronics. It cost me $99, but the patch is very simple and it works great. Just my 2 cents. I assume he has no graphics slot with his integrated graphics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 9, 2006 Share Posted July 9, 2006 Well I want to run pci graphics and have my agp in there to, if I can and when I boot into windows I have agp. As long as I have 2d in OSX that is fine, videos and such. No 3d. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baysie Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I am using an ATI Radeon x1600xt, this card works. 3d, quartz etc.......... Final Cut Pro 5.1 works a treat......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBentley Posted July 10, 2006 Author Share Posted July 10, 2006 yeah i can only use a pci card unfortunatly. I installed osx86 on a extra pc i had laying around and its a specific form factor pci with a side mounted riser card. i hate ibms but its a really small pc so which is why i like it a lot. Im gonna check to see if theres an 8500 pci card. I used to own that very card back in its hay day but was agp obvoiusly. thanks for the tips i really apreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbstaker Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 I am using an ATI Radeon x1600xt, this card works. 3d, quartz etc.......... Final Cut Pro 5.1 works a treat......... I have X700pro on PCI EXpress. Have you done anything special to get your card running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 Well again, I am in the same boat and I need something PCI. I don't want to replace my AGP card but see if I can run them together and switch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
u1m2 Posted July 10, 2006 Share Posted July 10, 2006 yes you can run agp + pci together, there is a setting in most bioses which determines which card is initialized first and thereby becoming your primary graphics adapter. Windows can use two display adapters but I'm not so sure about OS X... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 Yeah I can choose in the BIOS but I wanted to disable a card in OS X. Hmmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New001 Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...;ATT=14-143-058 That's a GeForce 6200 PCI. Should be compatible with MacVidia now, and it's OpenGL soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandmanfvrga Posted July 11, 2006 Share Posted July 11, 2006 No to Macvidia. The 1.07 driver makes my OSX installation worthless and no response on their forum. I want true support for the card(s) and I hope with the Mac Pro coming out there will be Nvidia drivers coming out to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBentley Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 yeah im not looking for anything to play games on i just want to enable all the pretty Mac effects im missing out on. Like iPhoto slideshows, dashboard animations and so forth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JtoP Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Instead of pci-express, there should be plenty pci version of pci-express cards, which are still good to use. They also have pci le version, which are small version of pci graphic cards. (There are even Radeon X1600 series in pci le) If you want osx effects and higher resolution, you should buy Radeon. Geforce cards are good, but I believe that Macvidia drivers do not yet support QE and CI. Try to buy Radeon 9550, X300, or X550. They are cheap and support QE and CI. (You can also try to overclock Radeon 9550, which gives you very good performance.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBigBentley Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 cool thanks for the help. just to clarify what ive read. I can use PCI Express cards in a standard PCI Slot? I Couldnt find a Radeon 9550 in pci-e but I did find a Radeon X300SE on Newegg Is that a good card to get for QE and CL? Thanks for the help again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJaymez Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 YOU CAN NOT USE A PCI EXPRESS GRAPHICS CARD IN A STANDARD PCI SLOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackhunter Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 yes, BigBentleyMan. PCIe (PCI Express) is a newer Slot and the old normal PCI Cards dont fit in and also dont run. Im also interessed in a fully working, or fully supported !! PCI !! card with QE and CI Support and 3D acceleration. To work smoother in OSX UI and work with iDVD and other standard tools. Any progress in PCI? P.S There are not much PCI Cards. The best i found is a Radeo 9250. But its old. Is the 9250 enough? There are also expensive MAC EDITION Cards. Whats the difference? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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