DrewDigity Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 So I was thinking about getting the ATI Radeon X1600 Pro / 512MB GDDR2 / AGP 8x / DVI / VGA / TV Out / Video Card from Tigerdirect.com I want the card mostly for video editing with Final Cut and was wondering if anyone had any experience with this particular card. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rammjet Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 You'll probably only get VGA, not DVI unless you are extremely lucky. And you are only going to get one monitor. If you manage to get both ports working by putting a DVI-VGA adapter on the DVI port, both monitors will display the same thing - no spanning. And the TV Out is unlikely to work. The only setup to get spanning on two monitors are onboard GMA9xx graphics with an add-on ADD2 board. And a few laptops with an external monitor have achieved spanning. The best Final Cut setup is a real Mac. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/#findComment-206807 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgrau Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 The card is ok for games (a bit a stuttering in Halo for windows). It is excellent for videos, I have not any video editing on it yet, but divx, mpeg, and dvd movies are perfect. It is a budget card, quite cheap. Its pluses are that MAC OSX Intel supports it very well (qe/ci all there), and on the Hackintosh if you use JAS 10.4.7 DVD you will have no problem (by selecting the option to support it in custom install) Be aware that I am using an Intel Prescott SSE3 CPU, I do not know about AMD... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/#findComment-206808 Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddicus Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 it'll work with final cut and such, but like others have said only VGA out (most likely, mabe DVI but sure no TV-out). Also I have a 512 MB card (by Saphire- x1600 pro) and only 256mb are used, my memory is that this is comon. The card has 512 but is only able to use 256 or one monitor. That's how mine is built and others had the same issue in the forums when I was patching mine up, so you might want to save a few and get a 256 card unless you have use for more on the windows side only. someone else correct me if this is no longer true- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/#findComment-206817 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpsolares Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 I have the diamon x1600 512MB agp 4x/8x and works great as good as real mac, 109 fps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/#findComment-206821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoofyHouse Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Hi, I have a GeCube Radeon X1600pro 256 MB AGP and it has only DVI outputs, no D-Sub (VGA?). My vidoe card works well with DVI, but only one of both works, but it rocks. I'm happy. The picture is clear and sharp. Goofy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/29927-ati-radeon-x1600-pro-512mb-gddr2-agp-8x/#findComment-206839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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