TomA2 Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I have an Intel D945GNT series motherboard. It has PCI, PCIx1, and PCIx16 slots. What are the best video cards if you can't use AGP? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidovi Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I'm using a Geforce7800 GTX PCIe and I'm very happy with it through Titan :-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239344 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdg Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 PNY 7900GS Brilliant! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239386 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 21, 2006 Author Share Posted November 21, 2006 Wow. That's not at all what I expected to hear. From what I've seen people have been saying that "anything but onboard 9xx or ATI Radeon 1600 is a waste of money." I think one guy used those exact words even. So you guys are having no problems with these cards whatsoever? All working 100%? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239457 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korrupted Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 You must be out of the loop. Titan and Natit came out about a week and a half ago. Provides full support for NVidia cards, with a seperate branch for ATI coming along. But even then, the NVidia cards work better(dual mons, sleep, etc.). Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239490 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth OS X Posted November 21, 2006 Share Posted November 21, 2006 I agree I have a 7900GT and it works like a charm with Titan I would definately go nVidia 7xxx Series. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Yes, I'm likely to be out of the loop alright. Thanks a lot for the update! I checked into the nVidia 7800/7900s and found them to be way out of my price range (US$250-$300). Any recommendations for something in the US$100-150 range? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-239576 Share on other sites More sharing options...
amalgam Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Yes, I'm likely to be out of the loop alright. Thanks a lot for the update! I checked into the nVidia 7800/7900s and found them to be way out of my price range (US$250-$300). Any recommendations for something in the US$100-150 range? http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category...s-Video-Devices 7300GT - $70 7600GS or 7600GT - $89 & $110 - both excellent midrange cards. 7900GS - just at the $150 limit you set. Just about any of these cards work well in latest JaS 10.4.8 *IF* you use the Titan/Natit enablers. CAVEAT: To date, only cards with 256megs will work - 512 meg cards WILL fail! Newegg is ALWAYS reliable and cheap, and right now, it's hard to find a better deal than the BFG 7600GT BFGR76256GTOCE for $113.99 & free shipping. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-240202 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 http://www.newegg.com/ProductSort/Category...s-Video-Devices 7300GT - $70 7600GS or 7600GT - $89 & $110 - both excellent midrange cards. 7900GS - just at the $150 limit you set. Just about any of these cards work well in latest JaS 10.4.8 *IF* you use the Titan/Natit enablers. CAVEAT: To date, only cards with 256megs will work - 512 meg cards WILL fail! Newegg is ALWAYS reliable and cheap, and right now, it's hard to find a better deal than the BFG 7600GT BFGR76256GTOCE for $113.99 & free shipping. Thanks a lot!!!!! So it doesn't actually have to be an nvidia branded card as long as it uses an nvidia chipset? Several of these cards are DVI only, and I'm using a VGA CRT. Would there be any problem using a DVI->VGA converter (like the kind you get with a Mac laptop)? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-240280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goron Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Definately not! Using Winfast 7600GT with 2* DVI converting one of them to Samsung 19" VGA cable => works smoothly Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-240423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 I just want to thank ALL of you for your help--I've learned quite a bit from your responses!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-240823 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sg Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 are you running 10.4.8? are you getting the panic before or after you installed Natit? the new Natit/Titan needs 10.4.8. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-241871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 Sorry, panic was a screwup on my part. My problem is that I get past the apple and spinning cursor screens and end up at the finder with a black and white stair step pattern overlaid by random multicolored static dots. The finder is there, because the stair step pattern changes when I click where the menus should be. FYI: My card is EVA e-GeForce 7600 GT (256k) on and Intel D945GNTLKR mobo. I'm using Titan downloaded directly from its development page. Any ideas? See below for screen shot: Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-241923 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 I tried the Natit 1.0 installer--an got an almost identical result to what you see above (and I posted my results in the Natit Forum). Oddly, the cursor is visible and guess what?? SLEEP WORKS!! YEAH! It wakes with mouse movement! Too bad I can't see the screen... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-242068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomA2 Posted November 25, 2006 Author Share Posted November 25, 2006 The latest uni patch got it working, it's recognized the correct card and QE/CI, but it's slower than built in 950 graphics. What the hell? Is that right? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-242082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratbert Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 The latest uni patch got it working, it's recognized the correct card and QE/CI, but it's slower than built in 950 graphics. What the hell? Is that right? I had the exact same problem. It was fixed with a kernel update. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/33818-best-pci-express-graphics-card/#findComment-242119 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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