Geforce4 Titanium Rom Maker

[MacTron]

Geforce4 Titanium 4600 PC to Mac Flash. A preliminary study:

The nVidia Geforce4 Titanium 4600 is by far the fastest video card available for Mac Os 9. This card is based on the NV25 engine @300 Mhz with 128MB of of Samsung @325 Mhz DDR (2.8ns) Video RAM. The Mac version comes with a DVI port and a ADC (Apple Display Connector).



 It is important to know the all Geforce4 family to avoid mistakes:

Geforce4 MX (NV17) is an enhanced version of the Geforce2.
Geforce4 Go (NV17) is a movile version of the Geforce4 MX.
Geforce4 Ti (NV25) the 4200,4400 are downgraded versions of the 4600.
Geforce4 Ti (NV28), is the AGP8X version of the Geforce4 Ti. Here we have to be carefull, as the AGP8X cards need hardware modifications and the NV28 may be not compatible with Mac Os 9 Nvidia drivers. This card can be labeled as Geforce4 Ti 4800, Ti 4600 8X, Ti 4800 SE, 4200 8X etc...

So:

- We have to find a PC card that best match the Ti4600 Mac  specifications.
- Find the firmware and the flash process, probably similar to other nvidia cards.
- And find the hardware modifications. Probably AGP pinout and voltage related...

[supernova777]

it would be very nice to have a dual DVI Ti4600... such as the one by Gainward
as the pc type test subject of the flash/mod (both?)

i think we should have a thread specifically on dual-dvi capable cards

i beleive another dual dvi card is the x800XT but its of course not for mac os 9, panther,tiger only
if anyone knows any others. maybe we can make a list of all mac compatible dual dvi cards in a new thread
i dont think it will be a very long list tho

another note im thinkin is... the ti4400, + ti4200 are still great cards too.. it would be great to see some
pc versions of them fixed to work in mac os 9 aswell... they would still perform great compared to the other geforce/radeon cards

[supernova777]

then again i guess the dual dvi is not so much a big deal when u can find a ADC to DVI adapter converter

[MacTron]

Yes, I agree on to Dual DVI is the best option. I don't expect to find ADC in to PC cards. LOL
Usually DVI include analog signals (VGA), but not the opposite.



This ADC to DVI is to Mac Video cards. The opposite is more complex and very rare, as it must incorporate USB and power.

[MacTron]

Here we have most of the info we need:

http://themacelite.wikidot.com/


They have flashing tools and techniques . And a lot of ROMs, including ones for Nvidia Ti 4600 and Quadro 4 700 XGL.
We only have to find the right PC video cards to begin to test ...

[supernova777]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/141500952824?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

i am thinking of grabbing this.. even tho it is not 4600 and only 4400 i think it would still be good

the difference is slight core clock speed 300 vs 325mhz? i think?

[MacTron]

We have DieHard report about the ASUS V8460 ULTRA succesfully  flashed with the PC GeForce 4 Ti4600 (Arti) 1105  ROM,

... and my (MacTron) failed with the Quadro 900:

http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=681.msg11447#msg11447

... but we are still in on track for Dual DVI nVidia 4600 cards. There are a few from MSI and Grainward, but may be those are really Geforce4 Ti 4800:  the AGP8X version of the Geforce4 Ti whith the GPU NV28. Here we have to be carefull, as the AGP8X cards need hardware modifications and the NV28 may be not compatible with Mac Os 9 nVidia drivers

[Protools5LEGuy]

Chris, this have your name:
http://www.ebay.es/itm/ASUS-V8460ULTRA-TD-N-128M-a-nVidia-AGP-Card-V8460-/200492655887?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item2eae4b250f

[supernova777]

Chris, this have your name:
http://www.ebay.es/itm/ASUS-V8460ULTRA-TD-N-128M-a-nVidia-AGP-Card-V8460-/200492655887?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item2eae4b250f

yes i have the guys number already hes selling to me for 35$ cash

[MacTron]

A very interesting card is the Gainward Ultra/750. But this card appears in different versions, some based on the ti 4800SE ( AGP8X and NV 28), others based on to ti4600 (AGP4X and NV 25) ...

In some cases the data are confusing ...

The worst thing is to think, if this dual DVI 4600 are too similar to those Quadro 900 ...

[MacTron]

The NV25 chip:



More info about Gainward Ultra/750:

http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/gainward_gf4_ti4600/1.shtml

http://ixbtlabs.com/articles/gaingf4ti/

The NV25 chip (from Gainward Ultra/750):

[supernova777]

im pretty sure this gainward card will work.. looking at the gpu.. it a normal geforce 4 ti chip... gainward only uses this "golden sample" brandname whnever they have the MAX MAX specs on a product i think..
and i think they did this dvi implementation while maintaining compatibility + without adding any thing to break compatibility

theres one for sale from england for 33$ i think this brand was biggest in the uk re: its distribution
they were in the us too but not as much

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GAINWARD-GeForce-4-TI-4600-128MB-GS-AGP-Video-card-/261848503377?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cf7631451

awesome looking card;)
seems all the best mac os 9 gear is red..
(if it could work)
like the seritek firmtek !
im surprised therse no mention of this card on the macelite

***it would be great if diehard could look on the chip of the 8460 graphics card to see if the chip matches this chip labelling***

the 8460 asus card also had in its name the word "ultra"
http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/asus8460ultra/

this name obviously comes from the fact that the nv25 chip is called this right on the chip itself

[supernova777]

none of the other retail cards listed on gpureview for this nv25 chip are listed as being DVI/DVI .. gainward is notorious for pushing the max specs to the highest possible to gain supremacy over the competition

below a graph of other cards by albatron, abit, aopen, ELSA, joytech, MSI, BFG, PNY, leadtek using the same GPU

[supernova777]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-128MB-PowerMac-G4-TI4600-DVI-ADC-NVidia-GeForce4-VideoCard-603-2645-VI159-/111394490850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19efa109e2

this guy is selling mac ti 4600 in numbers!
maybe we should do a group buy. to get a good price:D

[Protools5LEGuy]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-128MB-PowerMac-G4-TI4600-DVI-ADC-NVidia-GeForce4-VideoCard-603-2645-VI159-/111394490850?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19efa109e2

this guy is selling mac ti 4600 in numbers!
maybe we should do a group buy. to get a good price:D

He may not ship to Spain.  But he accept offers...

[supernova777]

yes if u were to buy more then one im sure he would give a better price

imagine a g4 painted all red.. with these red cards inside.. + seritek + gainward
with red LED lights on all fan replacements!!

[supernova777]

welll i put in a low offer not expecting them to accept it. but HE DID!
i just got a asus 8460 ultra for 10$

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181711445518?rmvSB=true

[MacTron]

I finally bought the Gainward Ultra/750 ...

let's see how it goes this time ...

[supernova777]

congrats!
i cant wait to hear that it is a success 

[Protools5LEGuy]

I finally bought the Gainward Ultra/750 ...

let's see how it goes this time ...

I gave the tip http://macos9lives.com/smforum/index.php?topic=2429.0.  Just in case you want to sell a slower card...I am at the Rage 128 level for DVI still. (ADC to DVI) 

I hope it to work. It is hard to find only that Asus. In the way of searching in eBay I found the Gainward.

To my eyes it have the same layout of components than rare Apple BTO GeForce4 Ti. Just not uses Solid State on caps. I hope those caps not to melt on M.A.R.L. 

The Gainware have the 2 Silicon Image too as the original with ADC+DVI. The Asus know-to-work with MacElite firmware only has one. VGA+DVI it's the only working to date.
http://themacelite.wikidot.com/asus-v8460

Let's cross fingers...