revert Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 I'm running 10.4.6 jas on the system in my sig. Running great from the go, nic, audio, usb et all workingc. Only issues appear to be related to the Nvidia card. Had to edit the boot.plist to change resolution. Some apps crash upon opening such as the latest version of vlc media player(ub) though strangely the ppc version works but there's a performance hit. I've ordered an Athlon 64 x2 4200. I've read a lot about the stuttering issues but some have resolved it, fingers crossed. So what about SSE3? Is there no way to enable it? Having researched it i couldn't find a resolution. Anyway, i wanted the dual core for XP anyway so i can live with SSE2 if needed. I'm also considering another video card, the ATI X1600 pro (AGP). Can't decide on the 256 or 512 version yet. My whole point in going for OSX is to run shake. From what i've read, Shake and other pro apps require QE enabled, is this correct? Anyone running Shake on a similar setup to mine? My only concern is being that my board uses AGP and OSX detects it as a PCI card, how big of a performance hit is there? Finally one last question. I've tested 10.4.7 and noticed the patches are included for the X1600. That's great but i had huge issue that i haven't read about on the forums. Opening files with some applications takes a long time. As an example, opening the boot.plist with a text editor. Soon as i click open, i get the spinning colored disk. The file eventually opens but takes 3 or 4 minutes. Same if i open a .mov in quicktime. Has anyone come across this issue or have any idea what the problem is? It could just be a bad install. Since 10.4.6 works so well i can always stay with it and patch the x1600 manually, just need to rearch how that's done. Sorry for such a long post and thanks to anyone who can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Freak Posted October 14, 2006 Share Posted October 14, 2006 For the video card problem, you only need a driver, and here it is: http://macvidia.starchaser.org/remository/...dia_Installers/ But you need an acount to download it though, so... Hope that helps ; ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revert Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Thanks Apple Freak. I have already tried those drivers, 1.08's i believe. After reboot they locked the OS up and the screen was garbled. So unfortunately they're not an option at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revert Posted October 14, 2006 Author Share Posted October 14, 2006 Ok, i've narrowed down to two card. POWERCOLOR X1600Pro Radeon X1600PRO 512MB SAPPHIRE 100148L Radeon X1600PRO 256MB The sapphire will be oem from Newegg as i can't find it retail anywhere. Any opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wisam Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 What is the difference if you use x1600 pro AGP and PCI-e ? Can someone help me on this because I am considering buying one soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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