zetter Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I have been waiting for the Macvidia driver forever but nothing seems to happen so I have decided to replace the card with something that works in OSX 10.4.3 8F1111a and hopefully also in 1.4.4 later. From what I understand the ATI cards have native support. I only use my tower-computer for movies and music so I dont really need anything fancy, it only has to support s-video out and QE so that i can play movies. Which card is the cheapest with best support? Cheers //z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug the Impaler Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 I'm looking at getting an X600 from Newegg for $80 since it'll be enough to play the universal binary of WoW and do QE/CI/etc. The HCL seems to say they work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhathacker45 Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 You don't need QE to play videos. Use VLC. I wouldn't rush out and by a card until after you explore trying to get it to work. Modifying the *.kexts may get you to at least QE. If you really want to get a cheap card, Office Depot or eBay would be good places to look. I don't usually by stuff from Office Depot, but they have a few good cards that are cheap ($60+ dolla') The x600 or similar would be a good card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJägermeister Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 You don't need QE to play videos. Use VLC. I wouldn't rush out and by a card until after you explore trying to get it to work. Modifying the *.kexts may get you to at least QE. If you really want to get a cheap card, Office Depot or eBay would be good places to look. I don't usually by stuff from Office Depot, but they have a few good cards that are cheap ($60+ dolla') The x600 or similar would be a good card. You NEED QE to play videos. In VESA mode I have 10-15fps at fullscreen with VLC (no matter if it's a fast PC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graphxks Posted January 13, 2006 Share Posted January 13, 2006 I have had great results with my ATI 9600 Pro, check pricewatch.com for pricing, most under $80 u.s. QE and CI supported out of the box. A small amount of video tearing on mouse scroll but everything is well supported. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zetter Posted January 13, 2006 Author Share Posted January 13, 2006 Yep, I also got {censored} fps without QE, that the only problem with my laptop at the moment :\ graphxks: s-video out working also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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