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using a radeon 9800 pro on mac os 9

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Protools5LEGuy:
Please, Chris, make some 1kwindows tests with 9800 vs 9200

supernova777:
im using it right now in os9 with the radeon 9800 pro "mac edition" and its working fantastic.
this is with *EVERY ATI EXTENSION DISABLED* so the card is 100% compatible with os9...
working 100%.. but 100% incompatible with the previous ati extensions.. i have to say that even without the extensions its fast. it doesnt need the "Accellerator" becuase the card is so insanely faster then the other cards that mac os 9 supports "accelleration" for.

point me at the 1k bloom window test and i will run it

again this is not the XT model, this is the radeon 9800 PRO "mac edition" and it is working inside my single processor MDD 1.25ghz (2003)
looks exactly like this:

http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?02/52/75


--- Quote ---RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Special Edition has 256MB 680MHz DDR (double the memory of RADEON 9800 PRO Mac Edition which is on the photo). The GPU clock speed is 380MHz. The card has ADC and DVI connectors.

The model should be available in North America later in January for about $470

Read more at http://ixbtlabs.com/news.html?02/52/75#r6zpm0ZXLeJCuqoR.99
--- End quote ---

as far as i know the flashed pc equivelents of this card do not work in quicksilvers + mdd without having pins taped or traces cut.. this card was obviously made special to be compatible with the quicksilvers + mdds as it has been tested by both diehard + myself on both types of systems.

if u enable the extensions.. it will crash or behave slowly.. if the extensions are off completely. then the card works GREAT!!!!

only when i load classilla is there a roll up effect when moving windows
but its so fast its not an issue really.. perhaps a ti4600 is better with its proper accelleration. i will find out when i get my ti4600.
oh and there also is a finder crash when u first boot up.. that u have to force quit
but then everything works fine.

supernova777:
ive just compared this once more to the 8500 radeon and it no comparison -- the 8500 is much better as its properly supported... so the radeon 9800 pro is basically only usefull for mac os x.
its really too bad that they couldnt have extended support for these cards.. given they were released in 2004 and mac os 9 was still very much being used at that point... cheap companies.. :D

the 8500 is my best performing card in mac os 9 for sure 100%.
like i said recently on another thread its got the same power as a ti 4400.. i still have yet to see what a ti4600 is like.. but the 8500 has to be the best radeon card..
despite the numbers being lower then a 9000 or 9200... remember that it is better then both of those cards.. and it has its own "8500 acellerator" extension aswell. making it the most supported + highest performing radeon card for mac os 9

http://www.gpureview.com/show_cards.php?card1=69&card2=22

we really should figure out and well document the process to turn a pc 8500 into a mac 8500 card!

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