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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/ 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/#findComment-41839 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/#findComment-41884 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/#findComment-41979 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/#findComment-42051 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 https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/6754-which-ati-card-to-buy/#findComment-42169 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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