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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Dreamcast270mhz
    Posts: 152 from 2009/12/8
    From: Virginia,USA
    Its official, I'm getting a 1.25ghz mdd and I need to know what will the best cards for it be? I will want to know for sound, video and possibly UltraATA.
    My Macs:
    Powerbook G4 ALU 1.5GHZ 15" 1.5GB OSX.5.8
    Powermac G4 MDD 1.5GHZ OSX.5.8 MOS2.7

    Want a part for a Mac? Let me know, I'll see what I can do.

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  • »01.02.10 - 13:51
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
    Paladin of the Pegasos
    jcmarcos
    Posts: 1178 from 2003/3/13
    From: Pinto, Madrid ...
    Those should be specific Mac variants, right? What's wrong with the onboard video, audio and disk controllers? MorphOS doesn't have drivers for everything...
    The goal should be having a computer which is identical to the obe the developers have, if you want it to work immediately.

    [ Edited by jcmarcos on 2010/2/1 17:09 ]
  • »01.02.10 - 14:08
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Dreamcast270mhz
    Posts: 152 from 2009/12/8
    From: Virginia,USA
    No, i want to wait for the official port to it. The onboard on these machines iirc is igp class which means they use system ram?
    My Macs:
    Powerbook G4 ALU 1.5GHZ 15" 1.5GB OSX.5.8
    Powermac G4 MDD 1.5GHZ OSX.5.8 MOS2.7

    Want a part for a Mac? Let me know, I'll see what I can do.

    Amithlon is amazing, questions and help I can provide.
  • »01.02.10 - 14:24
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Samurai_Crow
    Posts: 194 from 2009/12/10
    From: Minnesota, USA
    AHI uses system RAM anyway, whether it gets copied to the soundcard also or just used natively.
  • »01.02.10 - 15:32
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    Golem
    Posts: 766 from 2003/2/28
    From: Denmark
    IGP usually refers to integrated graphics, but I'm not aware of that being used on PowerMac G4. No idea how audio compares to an SBLive and only some pci SCSI controllers are currently supported for storage.
  • »01.02.10 - 16:22
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  • Butterfly
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    Sergio
    Posts: 90 from 2005/2/16
    As far as video is concerned, if no new cards get supported then keeping the built-in 9000Pro is already a very good option.
    As for ATA, let's see what they come up with.
  • »01.02.10 - 16:23
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  • Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Priest of the Order of the Butterfly
    Crumb
    Posts: 736 from 2003/2/24
    From: aGaS & CUAZ Al...
    Radeon 8500 would be the best gfx option right now although it seems that future MorphOS versions may support R9500/9600/9700/9800.

    I have seen firmware images to reflash 64MB?Radeon8500 but sadly I have not seen firmware images for 128MB models. Anyone has links to mac gfx card firmware for R8500 or 9100 with 128MB support?
  • »01.02.10 - 18:56
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12441 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > What's wrong with the onboard video

    PowerMac G4 doesn't have onboard video.
  • »03.02.10 - 01:42
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  • Yokemate of Keyboards
    Yokemate of Keyboards
    Andreas_Wolf
    Posts: 12441 from 2003/5/22
    From: Germany
    > The onboard on these machines iirc is igp class which means they use system ram?

    No onboard video, thus no IGP.
  • »03.02.10 - 01:44
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  • Order of the Butterfly
    Order of the Butterfly
    Dreamcast270mhz
    Posts: 152 from 2009/12/8
    From: Virginia,USA
    Well I'll have to source a video card, there is no card installed in the slots
    My Macs:
    Powerbook G4 ALU 1.5GHZ 15" 1.5GB OSX.5.8
    Powermac G4 MDD 1.5GHZ OSX.5.8 MOS2.7

    Want a part for a Mac? Let me know, I'll see what I can do.

    Amithlon is amazing, questions and help I can provide.
  • »03.02.10 - 02:22
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